LOT 311 A VERY RARE PROVINCIAL FIDDLE PATTERN TEASPOON By Alexander ...
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A VERY RARE PROVINCIAL FIDDLE PATTERN TEASPOON By Alexander Glenny of Stonehaven Seven Marks A.G, S,T,O,N,H,NA VERY RARE PROVINCIAL FIDDLE PATTERN TEASPOONBy Alexander Glenny of Stonehaven Seven Marks: A.G, S,T,O,N,H,N Engraved "WSD", height 13.8cm, weight .47oz.Little is known about Alexander Glenny. He first appears in the Stonehaven census of 1841 and is recorded as a jeweller aged 35 when he was working from a shop located in the town's High Street.Findlay, in his work on Scottish silver commented that Alexander Glenny's work must be among the rarest of all 19th century provincial silversmiths. 2nd edn, p.228,Approximately five items of silver are known in total from Stonehaven, making silver produced in this town the rarest of all Scottish provincial silver.Three other teaspoons from the same set were sold in: Walley and Wallis, Salisbury, 27th January 2009, lot 352, another in Toovey's, Washington, 31st January 2012 and a third in Bonhams, Edinburgh, 15th October 2021, lot 345. Another teaspoon from a different set was sold by Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh, 13th February, lot 141.
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