A Scottish silver trefid spoon

MAKER'S MARK OF JAMES COCKBURNE, EDINBURGH, CIRCA 1685 (DATE LETTER LACKING), ASSAYMASTER JOHN BORTHWICK

Details
A Scottish silver trefid spoon
maker's mark of James Cockburne, Edinburgh, circa 1685 (date letter lacking), assaymaster John Borthwick
Plain, with rat-tail bowl, engraved to the reverse with betrothal initials M, AB, KR
7.1/2in. (19cm.) long
marked to reverse of stem
2oz.
Provenance
The Shaw Collection, Christie's Scotland, 29 March 1983, lot 60

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