Lot 334
Canongate - an early Scottish provincial dognose tablespoon
Auction: 16 August 2010 at 15:00 BST
Description
by David Dunlop, stem marked DD (conjoined), stags head, DD (conjoined), gothic letter Y, the dognose terminal engraved to reverse with initials RG/HG with scratch weight '11o 5d' below, with plain thin rat tail to bowl
Dimensions
19.2cm long, 56.8g
Footnote
Provenance:
originally set of six, ex John Noble Collection
References:
Compendium of Scottish Silver II, R & J Dietert page 283 (as set of six)
Notes: the marks and engraving to these spoons show some unusual features. Firstly the pseudo date letter (gothic Y) struck to the stem is an obvious copy of the Edinburgh date letter for 1703. secondly the Scratch weight 11o (oz) 5d (drops) under the engraved initials is slightly unusual to be found on spoons and indeed even more so as it is for the combined weight of the six rather than each individual spoon.