Lot 236
FORRES – A SCARCE SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL DESSERT SPOON
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM
Auction: Day Two | Thursday 20 August from 10am | Lots 199 - 555
Description
Marked AC, F, thistle, of Fiddle pattern with gothic initial M to terminal
Dimensions
17.7cm long, 34.1g
Footnote
Little is recorded of Alexander Cunningham’s career; however, he is noted in various trade directories from 1852 – 1877 and sent work to Edinburgh for official hallmarking in 1871. His local marks are rarely recorded, so he likely acted as a retailer of other, already marked, wares and rarely produced and marked his own.