MAKER'S MARKS OF ALEXANDER FORBES, EDINBURGH, 1693, ASSAYMASTER JOHN BOTHWICK
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A William and Mary Scottish silver trifid spoon
maker's marks of Alexander Forbes, Edinburgh, 1693, assaymaster John Bothwick
Plain, ovoid rat-tail bowl, flattened tapering stem and trifid end, engraved with contemporary initial 'W.' within a heart, the front of the stem with later inscription 'Found in the well at Dunnottar Castle, Novr. 1834'
8in. (20.3cm)
maker's marks of Alexander Forbes, Edinburgh, 1693, assaymaster John Bothwick
Plain, ovoid rat-tail bowl, flattened tapering stem and trifid end, engraved with contemporary initial 'W.' within a heart, the front of the stem with later inscription 'Found in the well at Dunnottar Castle, Novr. 1834'
8in. (20.3cm)