Lot 117
A William IV Scottish silver punch ladle,
The Drambuie Collection Part II
Auction: 27 January 2006 at 10:00 GMT
£1,434
Description
with marks for Edinburgh 1830, maker William Cunningham, the circular bowl with decorative floral border against a stippled ground with central initialled cartouche, the bowl inset to the centre with a gilt coin inscribed Georgius II, with similarly cast mounts to the wrythen whalebone handle
Dimensions
Length 34cm
Footnote
Note:
Popular legend associates coin inset punch ladles such as this fine example, with the Jacobite cause as each serving presented an opportunity to 'drown' a Hanoverian monarch in the punch.