sentences:  MacLeod does not rule out the possibility of the ornamentation having been added to the cup at a later date; the silver work dates, at the earliest, from the 14th century and the dated inscription puts it at 1493.In about 1913, Fred T. MacLeod stated that he could find no reference to the cup in the Dunvegan records.He continued, that Macleod tradition was that it came into the possession of the Macleods through the fairies, of which there are one or two legends.