A George II sugar bowl
Auction: 14 August 2012 at 15:00 BST
£1,250
Description
Archibald Ure as maker and Assay Master, Edinburgh 1731, the simple hemispherical bowl with moulded rim and engraved crest, raised on a waisted stem and domed foot
Dimensions
12cm diameter, 5.5oz
Footnote
Heraldry: with crest of a Castle for M'CALLUM, M'CALUCHLAN, M'CLAUGHLAN, M'CLEM, M'DONALD, MACLACHLAN, M'LAUCHLAN, M'LEOD, MALCOM and others
Provenance:
Shrubsole New York,
Phoenix Collection
Lyon & Turnbull Scottish silver & Accessories, 16th August 2010, lot 296
References:
'Compendium of Scottish Silver II' R & J Dietert, illustrated plate 46, listed page 54
Antiques magazine February 1987 (illustrated)