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unusual Scottish dessert spoons

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:52 pm
by rat-tail
Hi All - any help on a maker here would be appreciated. A set of five silver dessert spoons assayed Edinburgh 1810, maker WC.
The spoons are unusual in that while they have fiddle ends, they have no shoulders and Hanoverian shaped bowls. Look a little odd really.
My copy of Jacksons lists no match for this period working out of Edinburgh. Could these eve the marks of William Constable working out of Dundee. Or an unknown Edinburgh Smith.
Any thoughts on the strange design - the bowls don't look like they have been reshaped.

Regards Frank

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Re: unusual Scottish dessert spoons

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:20 am
by techsol
Hi Frank, To me it looks very similar to an unattributed mark often found on work by John Zeigler, the date would match also.

Regards,
Martin.

Re: unusual Scottish dessert spoons

Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:28 am
by user701
I have a set of Dundee Scottish spoons that are the same design as these, they call them oar pattern rather than fiddle pattern.