Lot 160
Canongate - a rare Scottish provincial teaspoon
Auction: 16 August 2011 at 12:00 BST
£625
Description
John Robertson, marked IR, stags head lodged, of Hanoverian pattern with bright engraved border and script initial G in oval cartouche
Dimensions
12.2cm, 10.2g
Footnote
Notes: while John Robertson of Canongate is a well recorded maker concretely attributable items by him with full marks are rare. Some makers mark only spoons are recorded but very few pieces are known with both the makers and town marks.