Lot 48
Tain - a scarce Scottish provincial tablespoon
Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
£1,440
Description
by Alexander Stewart, Tain circa 1815, marked A.S, TAIN, wheatsheaf, C, of Fiddle pattern, with chamfered edge and engraved initial F in script
Dimensions
22cm long 2oz
Footnote
Notes a nice set of marks for Stewart while working in Tain, and a clearer than often seen C mark. For many years this unusual C mark was often termed as a 'cup and saucer' recently with the discovery of clearer struck examples it has been re classed as a C. Oddly it is always struck on this inverted plain and usually crudely struck in comparison to the other punches.
Reference: For full information on this maker, his marks and work see Highland Gold & Silversmiths, GP Moss & A D Roe