Lot 295
Dundee - a Scottish provincial transitional tablespoon
Auction: 16 August 2010 at 15:00 BST
Description
by Charles Dickson I, marked CD in monogram, pot of lilies, CD in monogram, the chamfered stem with shaped terminal of transitional spatula design, with engraved initials in contemporary script IT / MP to reverse and with long rattail to bowl
Dimensions
20.5cm long, 1.5oz
Footnote
Notes: items attributed to Charles Dickson I of Dundee are very rare and to date no items of hollow ware are noted and only a very small number of spoons.
The design of this spoon is of particular interest as this unusually shaped terminal appears to suggest a transitional period between the Dog Nosed and Hanoverian patterns, often termed spatula. This design is quite accomplished on this example with the slight upturned terminal, and chamfered stem, the slender rattail is also very comparable to late Dog Nosed examples.
References:
'Compendium of Scottish Silver II' R & J Dietert, listed page 288