Lot 293
GLASGOW - A SCARCE SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL SUGAR BOWL
JAMES GLEN
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 16 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
£2,375
Description
marked IG, S, IG, Glasgow town mark, the baluster body with everted scalloped rim chased with fruiting foliage, shell scrolls and rocaille work, the whole raised on three scroll and paw feet
Dimensions
Diameter: 13cm, weight: 7.8oz
Footnote
Note: Although this pattern of large sugar bowl was a standard pattern in Edinburgh at this period, there are very few recorded Glasgow examples. Whether this was a pattern predominant in the east coast or their survival from Glasgow / the west coast is just unusually low, this is undoubtedly a rare and unusual example.