UNATTRIBUTED – AN INTERESTING GROUP OF SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL FLATWARE to include three teaspoons by R.N marked R.N, star, thistle, star incuse A or M, of Fiddle pattern with initial to terminal; together with a pair of tablespoons marked PC (overstriking another) star, thistle, star, of Fiddle pattern with script initials to terminal (5.5oz) Footnote: The three teaspoons made by the unknown maker RN have long been a mystery, along with other makers who use / share similar marks. The addition to these examples of the incuse gothic A or M punch adds a connection with Dundee. These two singular punches are normally seen stuck together as a retailer’s mark (as seen here) for A Murray of Dundee. Murray appears to have had two punches AM in a simple rectangular punch seen with local Dundee marks (see Lyon & Turnbull Jeweller, Silver & Watches, 5th December 2018, lot 468) and in conjunction with Edinburgh marks retailing various makers (see Lyon & Turnbull, Scottish Silver & Applied Art, 16th August 2017, lot 363). While this connection to Murray of Perth does not make the R.N spoon Dundee made it perhaps adds a cue to a location near the city.