Lot 102
Peterhead - a Scottish provincial teaspoon
Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
£900
Description
by William Ferguson of Peterhead circa 1825, marked WF, PHD, of conventional Fiddle pattern with chamfered stem, with engraved initial M in script
Dimensions
13cm long, 14g
Footnote
Notes: This spoon dates from the three year period (1825-28) in which William S Ferguson was based and working in Peterhead, after returning from his apprenticeship in Edinburgh. After 1828 he moved back to Elgin where he set up business and traded until 1859.