£1,300
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts | 530
Auction: 15 August 2018 at 11:00 BST
comprising twelve table knives and twelve dessert knives, each with rounded silver gilt handles, beaded edges and oval cartouches with ribbon tied surmount each engraved with crest and armorials, simple steel blades (24)
Scottish hallmarked knives are incredibly rare in any quantity. Sets such as this of both table and dessert knives are virtually unheard of. The poor survival rate and likely limited production levels due to supply from specialist cutler's / knife makers in Sheffield and London undercutting the Scottish makers