A George III Scottish silver punch bowl

A George III Scottish silver punch bowl,

by Milne and Campbell, Glasgow 1770-80,

circular form, engraved with six large armorials, on a raised circular foot with a beaded border, diameter 31.3cm, height 16.5cm, approx. weight 71.5oz.

The arms are those of:

1) Variant of Wood of Largo

2) Earl of Dundonald (Cochrane family)

3) Bogle

4) Elliot

5) Mackirdy

6) Scott

The six families that appear on the bowl were connected through marriage. Firstly, William Wood of Largo, who had three sons, including William and one daughter, Mary.

William married Lady Catherine Cochrane, daughter of 6th Earl of Dundonald and they had one daughter, Anne, who was thrice married (lastly to Capt. Dottin) and died without issue in 1827.

Mary Wood married Robert Bogle of Lanarkshire. Their daughter, Susannah, who inherited the bowl from her cousin Anne Dottin on her death, married David Elliot of Liddesdale and had several daughters and two sons. In 1802, one of their daughters, Mary, married John Lawford Mackirdy, who purchased the Birkwood Estate, Lanarkshire. The Scott name entered the family when their daughter, Susan, married Andrew Scott. The bowl has passed through the family and then by descent to the present owner.

The bowl has passed through the family and then by descent to the present owner.