Fine Silver - 25th October 2017
Lot 891
A rare Queen Anne Scottish provincial silver Dog-nose spoon
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £3400
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Description
A rare Queen Anne Scottish provincial silver Dog-nose spoon,
by David Dunlop, Canongate circa 1704,
the oval bowl with a plain rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal with scratch initials 'RG' over 'HG' over 'Od' over '11 9', length 19.4cm, approx. weight 1.8oz.
Provenance: Constable Collection, Nicholas Shaw Antiques, The John Noble Collection.
This spoon is illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constables Publishing 2016, Volume II, pages 938-939, spoon no.217.