Lot 270
ABERDEEN - A RARE PAIR OF SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL SALTS
JAMES WILDGOOSE
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 17 August 2016 from 12:00 BST
£1,250
Description
each marked IW, of simple open cauldron form with reeded rim and raised on three foliate and hoof feet, the bodies engraved with crest and motto (2)
Dimensions
6.2cm diameter, 3.2oz
Footnote
Note:
The crest and motto of Urquhart
It would appear that these salts form a new part of the rare group of Urquhart of Aberdeen family silver. Currently recorded are a fine bullet teapot (with in the Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum collection) and a pair of sugar casters (one in Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum, the other in a Private Collection). For illustrations of all three see 'Silver The Aberdeen Story' exhibition catalogue, Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum, 3 November 2012 - 3 March 2013.