Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018

Lot 733

A Queen Anne Scottish provincial silver Dog-nose spoon

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A Queen Anne Scottish provincial silver Dog-nose spoon,

maker's mark D, possibly by David Dunbar, Aberdeen circa 1705,

the oval bowl with a plain rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal with the initial 'G, length 18cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.

For details on the maker see Wilson, M., Aberdeen Silver, Silver Mark Publishing Limited, 1988, page 34.