Lot 45
Canongate - A Scottish provincial teaspoon
£475
Auction: Day One: 07 December 2021 | From 10:00
Description
William Craw, marked WC, cat facing right, of Scot's Fiddle pattern
Dimensions
Footnote
Similar marks illustrated in “Illustrated Directory of Scottish Provincial Silversmiths & Their Marks”, Richard W. Turner Page 33.
In his book "Scottish Gold and Silver Work" Ian Finlay (revised by Henry Steuart Fothringham 1991), page 179, Finlay writes: “There are in addition some anomalous marks, particularly two associated with William Craw. One of them is an animal usually described as a cat, which may be meant to mimic the English lion passant mark. The other is a crowned thistle, which Jackson illustrated upside-down in his table of uninscribed Scottish marks. The significance of these two marks, if there is any, has not yet come to light. It must be remembered that Craw moved to Dumfries and the crowned thistle mark may therefore relate to his work there, rather than in Canongate”
