Lot 362

A George I tazza

Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
£1,440
Description
by James Ker, Edinburgh 1725-1726, Assay Master Edward Penman, of plain conventional form with slightly raised reeded border, on simple column stem with domed spreading foot rim, with engraved initial K in script to centre
Dimensions
18cm diameter, 10oz
Footnote
Provenance: Ex Fingask Castle, Christies 26th, 27th & 28th April 1993 lot 1035 (illustrated)
Note: As was common with the Fingask silver the original crest or arms has been removed from the centre of the tazza and replaced with a late Georgian / early Victorian style engraved initial K for the Ker family of Fingask
