Lot 506
Ballater - a pair of novelty Scottish provincial crusie oil lamps
Auction: 17 August 2009 at 15:00 BST
£1,188
Description
William Robb , marked ROBB / BALLATER (twice), formed in the antique style as a pair of miniature crusie oil lamps suspended from silver mounting bracket raised on a simple wooden plinth
Dimensions
6cm high (including stand)
Footnote
Notes: This unusual survival is not just remarkable for it's size and fragility but because of it's rarity. It is recorded in the Edinburgh Assay Office that 12 pairs of lamps were sent for assay in a single parcel and therefore it must be considered that this constitutes only six sets. One other set is known but is lacking the suspender and stand.