Lot 73
Inverness - a set of four Scottish provincial berry spoons
Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
by John Baillie of Inverness, circa 1750, marked IB, INS, X (with pellets in right and left angles), of Hanoverian pattern, the stem later chased with scroll and fruiting foliate pattern and flower head and scroll to reverse, the slightly scalloped gilt bowl with embossed design of exotic fruits and foliage (4)
Dimensions
21.5cm long, 1.8oz each
Footnote
Notes: Recorded examples by Baillie are known but seldom seen on the market, these spoons while with later alterations to berry spoons are still scarce objects. The alteration to berry spoons does appear to be any early one with very high quality chasing and the outline of the bowl not having been changed, all of which points to this theory.
Reference: For details of this maker and an illustration of the marks see 'Highland Gold & Silversmiths' by GP Moss and AD Roe