Lot 185

ELGIN – A RARE SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL LUCKENBOOTH
JAMES THOMSON MACKAY




Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 16 August 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
marked J, T, M (all in gothic script), MACKAY, ELGIN, of large conjoined open heart form with Inverness style open spectacle crown surmounting, the whole with foliate engraved decoration
Dimensions
7cm high, 22.5g
Footnote
Note:
Little work by James T MacKay seems to survive, it is interesting to note that the only piece illustrated in ‘Provincial Silversmiths of Moray and Their Marks’ by G P Moss is a smaller simpler version of a Luckenbooth. The marks to that piece appear only be the MACKAY and ELGIN punches meaning its attribution was tentative to either J T MacKay or J R MacKay, the combination of marks struck to this piece now confirms that this piece must have been made after 1863 when James took over the running of the business from his brother.



