Lot 87
Elgin - a very rare Scottish provincial table spoon
Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
by William Livingstone of Elgin circa 1720, marked WL (conjoined), ELG (serif above), gothic O, of ribbed Hanoverian pattern with long rat tail to bowl, later engraved script M
Dimensions
20cm long, 2oz
Footnote
Notes: William Livingstone is the among the earliest Elgin silver smiths with work still extant, the only other possible contender being William Scott who is known from circa 1708. Livingstone was the maker of the Communion beakers for Dundurcas Parish (the Kirks of Rothes and Boharm) (see Burn Communion plate p381 for details of the beaker and p523 for details of the maker) . These beakers are marked with the same marks as this spoon, it does not appear he changed his pseudo date letter through his career.
Work by this maker is extremely rare and to date only three table spoons and the above communion beakers are recorded, including this example, all in private collections
References:
Old Scottish Communion Plate, Rev T Burns
Moray Provincial Silversmith and Their Marks , GP Moss
Highland Gold and Silversmiths, GP Moss & AD Roe
'Elgin Silver Exhibition' accompanying catalogue, Elgin Museum