Lot 284
Dumfries / Castle Douglas - a rare Scottish provincial butter knife
Auction: 19 August 2013 at 15:00 BST
£688
Description
Adam Burgess, marked AB, ruined castle, thistle, gothic D, oak tree, of Fiddle pattern with foliate script initials 'A' to terminal and shaped bale with engraved border
Dimensions
19cm long, 43.3g
Footnote
Notes: although a wide range of silver by Adam Burgess is recorded, this appears to one of very few, if not a unique, butter knife in the recorded survival