Lot 361
GLASGOW - A RARE SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL TABLESPOON
ROBERT GILCHRIST
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: Lots 1 - 412 | 20 August 2024 at 10am
Description
of Hanoverian pattern, rat-tail bowl, engraved italic initials to reverse of terminal
Dimensions
20cm long, 2.3oz
Footnote
This spoon would appear to be one of as few as four surviving pieces of silver by Robert Gilchrist of Glasgow. Trained by William Clerk he is first mentioned in 1719. Little is known about his career which is a mystery as he was trained by, arguably, the finest goldsmith in Glasgow at the time but does not appear to have made much impact. It seems likely that while working on his own, shown by the survival of his maker's mark, he was mainly working for other makers. This spoon along with two quaichs (one in a Private Collection the other within the collection of Dundee Art Galleries and Museums) and a hash spoon (Lot 360) last sold by Bonhams Edinburgh ‘The Scottish Sale’ 21st August 2003 lot 73 are his only recorded works.