St. Mary's Isle / Dundrennan Abbey? / Kirkcudbright

Described and illustrated in Walker (1887: 426-427 and pl. on p. 428): "This very beautiful and interesting bowl stands close to fine old mansion-house of St Mary's Isle, now the property of the Hon. Charles Hope, by whose kind permission I was able to make careful drawings ot it. So far as I can make out, the date of it is either 1481 or 1482; the rest of the inscription is too much defaced to be read. The sculpture is very curious, particularly the bird, with a long tail, holding in its mouth a string, or cord, fastened round the neck of a fox-like animal. George Hamilton, Esq. of Ardendee, informs us that the shield bearing the chevrons shows the arms of the Maclellans, and conjectures that the font may have been given to Dundrennan Abbey by Sir Patrick Maclellan, tutor of Bombie, who was buried in Dundrennan Abbey. I am glad to say that every care is taken of this unique specimen. [...] The bowl is octagonal, with circular orifice and bottom drain. It is cut out of the same stone of which Dundrennan Abbey is built."