Lot 228
Glasgow - a scarce George III sugar bowl and cover
Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
by Milne & Campbell of Glasgow circa 1765, marked M&C (struck twice), Glasgow town mark, O, of inverted pear shaped bowl chased with shell, scroll and flower head designs, the domed pull off cover with acanthus and flower border and spiraled leaf panel, with bud finial
Dimensions
15.5cm high, total weight 16oz
Footnote
Provenance: '
The Phoenix Collection'
Notes:
Early covered sugar bowls are relatively scare in Scottish silver, it appears to have been the fashion to have open examples, it however must be assumed that some of the surviving examples are now lacking their original covers, making this a much rarer survival.
The majority of covered sugar bowls of the fifteen recorded are of Edinburgh manufacture with only a small handful known by Glasgow makers. A Sugar bowl by this maker is represented in the National Museum of Scotland Collection
Reference:
This example illustrated in 'The Compendium of Scottish Silver Vol. II' by R & J Dietert 2007, plate 3 page 35