Lot 452
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Perth - a rare pair of tablespoons
Scottish Silver & Accessories | 388
Auction: 19 August 2013 at 15:00 BST
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Description
James & Francis Brown, marked IB, shield or arms, FB, of Hanoverian pattern with engraved script initials 'M / WM / AM' to reverse of terminal, with long moulded rat tail to reverse of bowl (2)
Dimensions
21cm long, 54.8g and 49.2g
Footnote
Notes: Although rarely encountered John and Francis Brown seem to have three distinct punch combination, all used with these maker's marks. Perhaps the most common with a large 'fluer de Lis' or 'PERTH' as town marks and certainly the rarest of this form with an unidentified 'shield of arms'.
For a comparable example see 'Silver; Made in Scotland' G Dalgleish & H Steuart Fothringham, item 5.73