Lot 475
Ballater - a large Scottish provincial silver letter opener
Auction: 17 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£563
Description
William Robb, marked ROBB, BLTR, Edinburgh 1910, the large flared plain blade with split top section of intertwined knotwork, with cast final of the Arms of Scotland
Dimensions
24cm long
Footnote
Notes: The armorial finial to this piece and the year of hallmarking may suggest its manufacture as a coronation souvenir of King George V who ascended to the throne in 1910. It is also known that Royal commissions by Robb incorporated this armorial.