Lot 257
Tain - a rare Scottish provincial three pronged fork
Auction: 16 August 2011 at 12:00 BST
£1,563
Description
Alexander Stewart, marked A.S, wheat sheaf, TAIN, C, with Fiddle pattern (lacking shoulders), with three tapered prongs
Dimensions
19.5cm long, 72.4g
Footnote
Notes: with crest of a dexter hand holding an upright dagger is the crest recorded for DONALDSON, M'CASKILL, REOCH and others
Provenance:
originally offered for sale as a set of nine, in 'Scottish Provincial Silver from the David Morris Collection' Christies 3rd of July 1984, lot 59 marks illustrated, and piece on page 46
subsequently sold singly through Phillips, Edinburgh
Reference:
For an illustration of one of the forks see 'Highland Gold & Silversmiths' GP Moss & AD Roe, page 160