Lot 294
A rare George II three footed sugar / slop bowl
Auction: 16 August 2010 at 15:00 BST
Description
James Tait, Edinburgh 1734 - 1735, Assay Master Archibald Ure, the hemispherical bowl with everted scalloped rim, raised on three stepped hoof feet with trefoil terminals, the underside engraved with contemporary initials 'AH'
Dimensions
13cm diameter, 5.5oz
Footnote
Notes: This sugar / slop bowl is amongst the earliest three footed Scottish examples (pre dated by one 1726 - 1727) by James Kerr with lion mask and paw feet and predates all recorded Irish examples. The overall style and design feature are interesting and very comparable to other facets of period work. The everted rim is obviously similar to pedestal sugar bowls, cream boats etc and the terminals and hoof feet supporting it show very visible comparables to cream boats of the period.
For a comparable sugar bowl of the same date by James Kerr, see 'Silver; made in Scotland' National Museums of Scotland 2008 item 4.33, as part of the Hopetoun tea service
While this has previously been catalogued as a slop bowl its use might in fact have been for sugar as its size while deep is not as large as others recorded.
References:
'Compendium of Scottish Silver II' R & J Dietert, illustrated plate 5, listed page 46