Lot 489

Ballater - a pair of Scottish provincial silver quaichs

Auction: 17 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£475
Description
William Robb, marked WR, BLTR, Edinburgh 1924, the simple bowls with hammered finish, the twin lugs with central concave recess, the whole raised on collet foot (2)
Dimensions
diameter of bowl 6.5cm
Footnote
Notes: The unusual form of the lugs on these quaichs possibly suggest they were intended as ashtrays. Ashtrays are known to have been sent for assay by Robb and it is possible that these quaichs are what he was referring to.
