Name/TitleTeacup, Saucer and Side Plate
About this objectDuchess bone china cup, saucer and side plate, all branded with the Church of Scotland Women's Guild logo.
MakerChurch of Scotland Women's Guild
MakerDuchess
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's Guild
Subject and Association Keywordsreligion & spirituality
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association Keywordsfood & drink
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scotland_Guild:
The Church of Scotland Guild or simply The Guild (formerly known as the Woman's Guild), is a movement within the Church of Scotland. Historically it was, and often in practice it is, an exclusively woman's movement. It has groups, organised at a congregational level, in most of the parishes of Scotland. The aim of the movement is "to invite and encourage both woman and men to commit their lives to Jesus Christ and to enable them to express their faith in worship, prayer, and action". The associated motto is "Whose I am, and Whom I serve'.
The 'Woman's Guild' was founded in 1887 by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on the initiative of A. H. Charteris. Charteris acknowledged woman were already involved in Christian service but that there "was a need to develop and organize them as an official working unity within the church." Another source credits his wife noting Catherine Charteris's "wise counsel and loving heart" and that the guild "owes its very existence to her efforts". She became the influential editor of the Woman's Guild Supplement which she saw as creating a parliament of women. Through that publication she inspired ambition and challenged complacency among the women readers who she thought suffered from low self esteem [continues].
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeCrockery
Object numberGWL-2025-55
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