Lot 237
A suite of Scottish knives
Auction: 16 August 2010 at 15:00 BST
£575
Description
to include eleven table knives (ten with) with cutler's mark for CARGILL, handles with indistinct makers mark, the flared handles with embossed scroll decorations and engraved crest and motto; together with a set of twelve side knives of the same pattern with replaced blades marked HAMILTON & INCHES, handles unmarked, with matching engraved crest
Dimensions
table knives, overall length 26cm, side knives overall length 21cm
Footnote
Provenance: Craighall Castle, Perthshire
Notes: the crest of a DEMI-lion rampant facing left and motto FESTINA LENTE is possibly for BLAW or BLAAUW