MARK OF J. MCKAY, EDINBURGH, 1814

Details

A REGENCY SCOTTISH SILVER TEA TRAY
Mark of J. McKay, Edinburgh, 1814
Oblong, the rim applied with shell, scroll and foliate border, with two rocaille-clad bracket handles, the field engraved with presentation inscription, marked on reverse
29½in. (75cm.) long over handles; 177oz. (5517gr.)

Provenance

Presented to Rev. John Inglis, D.D., in 1815.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 20 December 1979, lot 133.

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Lot Essay

The engraved inscription reads: "Presented/to/THE REVD. JOHN INGLIS, D.D./By his Colleagues/THE/Ministers of Edinburgh/to testify their grateful sense/OF/Eminent services rendered them/By his zealous, able, and persevering exertions/In the management of a trust which deeply involved their patrimonial interests/and those of their successors in office-in all future times./22.d Feb.y 1815."

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