Lot 321
STONEHAVEN - AN EXTREMELY RARE SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL TEASPOON
ALEXANDER GLENNY
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 17 August 2016 from 12:00 BST
Description
marked A.G, S, T, O, N, H, N, of Fiddle pattern with chamfered stem, the terminal engraved with conjoined script initials JMF
Dimensions
14.5cm long, 16g
Footnote
Provenance:
Fine Scottish Silver, Lyon & Turnbull 13th Feburary 2008, lot 141
Note:
Items of Stonehaven silver that can be confidently ascribed are extremely rare, with four items known to survive. Other items with similar 'A.G.' makers marks and two part stylised thistle/ flower punch have previously been tentatively attributed to Glenny in Stonehaven but are still not definitely ascribed. Without further evidence it seems unlikely this attribution can be proven correct. Only items with this combination of marks should be considered of definite Stonehaven manufacture as previously stated these are extremely scarce and must be considered among the rarest of all Scottish provincial town marks, the only possible rival being Ellon, which at present has slightly fewer pieces recorded.
Little is known about Alexander Glenny, he first appears in the Stonehaven census of 1841 and is recorded as a Jeweller aged 35, he is registered as working from a shop in the town High Street.