Lot 261
A VICTORIAN TWIN-HANDLED BOWL
JAMES KIRKWOOD, EDINBURGH 1871
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 16 August 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
the deep hemispherical bowl with a gadrooned border, engraved to the body with the Stewart coat of arms, the twin handles each modelled as lion rampant supporters
Dimensions
14cm across handles, 7.7oz
Footnote
Heraldry:
The Arms of Stewart of Grantully in the County of Perthshire otherwise of Blair and Balcaskie in the County of Fifeshire
Crest:
Arms: Quarterly 1st and 4th Or a fess chequy azure and argent (for Stewart) 2nd and 3rd Argent a lymphad with its oars in action sable (for Lorn) all within a bordure azure charged with eight buckles or
Below the arms is pendant the badge of a Baronet of Nova Scotia.
Crest: Two bees countervolant proper
Supporters: (Dexter) A man in armour holding in his exterior hand a lance (all proper?)
(Sinister) A horse (argent?)
Motto: Provide
Given the date of hallmarking this bowl was in the possession of either Sir William Drummond Stewart of Grantully in the County of Perthshire, the 19th Laird of Grantully and the 7th Baronet of Blair and Balcaskie in the County of Fifeshire (born 26th December 1795 died 28th April 1871) or his surviving brother, Sir Archibald Douglas Drummond Stewart of Grantully, 20th Laird of Grantully and the 8th Baronet of Blair and Balcaskie (born 29th August 1807 died 1890).