Scottish Maker

[nigel le sueur]

l have two items a Salt Spoon Edinburgh 1817 and a mustard spoon Edinburgh 1830, both have the maker A W cannot find in full copy of jacksons any body ideas ? The makers initals are as seen. regards nigel

[georgiansilver]

The only one I can think of for the period is William Aytoun who was active around the second quarter of the 18th century. Best wishes, Mike.

[nigel le sueur]

Thanks for that. regards nigel

[Scotprov]

There was Andrew Wilkie who was smithing c1820. Did the mark have a dot between the A & W?

Richard

[nigel le sueur]

Richard

Thanks for your reply, l cannot answer your question re pellet as the spoon has been passed on, l saw on another thread a cd of prov marks ? that sounds intresting

Nigel

[Scotprov]

CD soon to come out to go with the directory which came out about 3 years ago. CD shows picks of over 1300 sets of punch marks.