Your basket
Your basket is empty
Home > Wedding Gift Ideas > Pewter Quaichs
Pewter Quaichs
Traditionally the "Quaich", which originated in the Scottish Highlands, was used both for a "Cup of Welcome" and also when offering a farewell drink.
The Quaich was traditionally made from the primitive "staved" wood, then later from horn or leather, eventually pewter and silver becoming popular as it became the favourite drinking cup throughout Scotland.
Being derived form the Gaelic word "cuach" meaning "shallow cup" the distinctive design has remained unchanged over the centuries - a shallow drinking bowl with two handles, colloquially known as "lugs".
It is known that in 1589 King James IV of Scotland gave a Quaich, or "Loving Cup" as a wedding gift to Anne of Denmark.
The Quaich was traditionally made from the primitive "staved" wood, then later from horn or leather, eventually pewter and silver becoming popular as it became the favourite drinking cup throughout Scotland.
Being derived form the Gaelic word "cuach" meaning "shallow cup" the distinctive design has remained unchanged over the centuries - a shallow drinking bowl with two handles, colloquially known as "lugs".
It is known that in 1589 King James IV of Scotland gave a Quaich, or "Loving Cup" as a wedding gift to Anne of Denmark.
