Scottish Provincial?

[bstaunto]

Hey team,

Just got this sauce lade.



To me, it doesn''t look very 'Scottish', but I haven't handled a lot of it, so would love some other opinions.



A bit of a mystery (partly because I can't find my Scottish Provincial Marks book!). Three marks, each punched twice. I thought it look like I and N, so maybe Inverness? And then the third stamp which looks more like a running fox than a lion.

Any help would be great.

Cheers,

Ben

[dognose]

Hi Ben,

You may be on to something with your thoughts on Inverness, although the camel is the animal we normally associate with that town, I just came across this mark of Alexander MacRae and although this mark is not exactly the same as yours, it's worthy of further research in that direction.



Source: Illustrated Directory of Scottish Provincial Silversmiths & Their Marks - Richard Turner - 2014

Trev.