Is this ladle Scottish prvincial?

[juantotree]

Hi

I have this soup ladle finished in a typical fiddle pattern. It is marked with a makers mark only struck 3 times C.S.B. My initial thoughts are Scottish provincial but I may be completely wrong. Does anybody know who this maker is or where its origins might lie?

Thanks
Martin

[dognose]

Hi Martin,

Just shooting in the dark, but possibly an alternate mark used by Calvin Stowe Ball?

See: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=20007&p=78360

Trev.

[juantotree]

Thanks for the reply Trev, you might be on to something, however to me the style seems more British than other American ladles I have seen.

Martin

[juantotree]

I have been doing a bit of research on this mark and have found a reference in Jackson's (p576) of an unidentified Glasgow maker G.S.B. I have been unable to find any images of this mark and was wondering if this may be a misascribed C.S.B instead. Has anybody seen or got a reference to an image of a Glagow maker with the mark G.S.B ?

Many thanks for any help on this.
Martin