Lot 21
Silver and Jewellery designs - Fraser, Ferguson & MacBean, Inverness
£1,400
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
2 folio volumes containing original silver and jewellery designs of the company Fraser, Ferguson & MacBean, along with photographs and prints of both completed items, and presumably objects which provided the designers with inspiration, also pages of manuscript notes on the properties of various metals and gems, c.1900-1910, contemporary half calf, worn, spines and boards detaching (2)
Footnote
Note: Based in Inverness from the 1880s, Ferguson and MacBean (later Fraser, Ferguson and MacBean) are known for their 'F&M' or 'FF&M' and camel marks on silverware. Their designs are notably Scottish and Celtic in flavour. The initial volume of designs here contains over 180 pages of designs for items such as sporrans, candlesticks, snuff mulls, sgian dubhs and medals, manuscript notes on metals and sketches and prints of inspirational objects, such as Celtic crosses. Standard prices of "plated articles" are given, and several of the designs are accompanied by prices and notes relating to the commissioners of the objects themselves. The second volume is shorter, but contains a variety of sporran patterns and clan badges.
