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Glasgow Maker MS&B
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:21 am
by Granmaa
I can't find the maker of this basting spoon or the name of the pattern.
Miles
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:16 am
by MCB
Hello Miles,
"MS & B" doesn't appear to have been registered with the Assay Office.
See
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Hope someone can at least let you know the pattern of the spoon.
Regards,
Mike
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:32 pm
by StewartMcI
This pattern appears on page 135 of Ian Pickford's "Silver Flatware" figure 203 - no name but simply described as "Scottish King's Shape Rococco End" and the examples illustrated by RG&S with die-struck crests.
I have a basting spoon in this pattern, and also four dessert spoons, the dessert spoons also with die-struck crests.
All are by Robert Gray and Sons, and given the complexity (and cost) of double-struck dies for this, I would tend to assume they would be the makers, and your mark must be a retailer ???
Stewart
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:07 pm
by Granmaa
Thank you for that, Stewart.
I also have a soup ladle in this pattern, but made (or retailed) by Andrew Allison. Both it and the basting spoon are single struck.
Miles
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:19 pm
by StewartMcI
Curiouser !!!
That is a nice clear maker's mark with no sign of overstriking. The marks presumably on the stem ???
Let me dig out my pieces and think a bit more.
All the best,
Stewart
PS You found the refence in Pickford ???
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:08 pm
by Granmaa
PS You found the refence in Pickford ???
I don't have my
Silver Flatware with me at the moment. Which reference do you mean?
Miles
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