AN 18TH-CENTURY TURNED WOODEN QUAICH WITH SILVER APPLIED INSCRIPTION
£7,560
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 16 August 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
the hemispherical oak body with four small lugs and flattened girdle, the underside with an applied engraved silver plaque, inscribed "Prince Chas Edw Stuart gave this quaich to his servant Ronald MacDonald after the battle of Culloden 1746" within a rope-twist border, with National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland label L.1955.35
Dimensions
3.5cm high, diameter across bowl: 6.2cm
Provenance
Provenance:
Property of a Gentleman – Previously from the collection of Sir Colin MacRae (1869-1952) of Feorlinn and Lady Margaret Crichton Stuart (1875-1964)
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