Lot 287
GLASGOW - A RARE SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL MARROW SCOOP
JAMES MCEWAN
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 17 August 2016 from 12:00 BST
£575
Description
marked JMc, lion, Glasgow town mark, S, of conventional double scoop form with waisted stem to centre
Dimensions
23.5cm long, 1.3oz
Footnote
Note:
Although work by McEwan is not rare, examples with his unique lion passant / walking cat marks are highly unusual. The exact use of the this punch is un explained but it seems highly likely he was trying to replicate the style and punches used in official hallmarking in England; an attempt at a sterling standard lion passant mark.