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| Scottish Provincial Silver Toddy Ladle - Dundee, Andrew Wilkie
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Reference: S1281
Period: George IV
Year: 1821
Silversmith: Andrew Wilkie
Place: Dundee with Edinburgh hallmarks
Price: $ 150.00
Weight: 35 grams
Dimensions: 16cm
Condition: Excellent, minor ding to bowl.
Description: Typical Scottish silver toddy ladle, in the Fiddle pattern, with engraved initail P. The ladle was made by Andrew Wilkie, a Dundee silversmith, but was assayed in Edinburgh. Silver by Wilkie is found with both Dundee marks (pot of lilies) and with Edinburgh marks, as is the case with other Scottish provincial silversmiths, brought about by the imposition of duty on hallmarked silver. According to Turner (Directory of Scottish provincial silversmiths and their marks), certain makers had a proportion of their silver fully stamped in Edinburgh, to keep their registration as a silversmith valid - and to keep the Revenue service happy that duty was being paid.
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