Lot 266
Unascribed - a Scottish provincial soup ladle
Auction: 16 August 2011 at 12:00 BST
£600
Description
marked five pointed star, thistle, cross within shield, five pointed star, EW, of Fiddle pattern with engraved script initials 'JMc' to terminal, with deep large oval bowl
Dimensions
36cm long, 6.5oz
Footnote
Provenance: 'Scottish Provincial Silver from the David Morris Collection' Christies 3rd of July 1984, lot 3
Notes: although originally (and still often) attributed to Leith, these marks still remain unascribed. The attribution to Leith as not been backed up by any documentary evidence and with new discoveries of other makers using similar town marks shed new possibility on their original location.