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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1659416, member: 111"]Figured you'd see it, it just sort of screamed Scottish to me...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Link below is a 2015 auction for four Scottish provincial fiddle ladles in the shorter top English style (either form wouldn't be uncommon), two bear the Greenock maker's initials with two anchors, two bear only three anchors - to my eye, appears to be the same anchors on all four. To be clear, am only showing an example of Scottish provincial marks struck thrice - they are not the same anchors as yours, and believe the fouled anchor would more likely be from Dumfries. I have limited Scottish references, and little time to poke around online, but further research might turn up the maker or at least an attribution...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tooveys.com/lots/277575/a-pair-of-early-19th-century-scottish-provincial-silver-fiddle-pattern-toddy-ladles/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tooveys.com/lots/277575/a-pair-of-early-19th-century-scottish-provincial-silver-fiddle-pattern-toddy-ladles/" rel="nofollow">https://www.tooveys.com/lots/277575/a-pair-of-early-19th-century-scottish-provincial-silver-fiddle-pattern-toddy-ladles/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1659416, member: 111"]Figured you'd see it, it just sort of screamed Scottish to me... Link below is a 2015 auction for four Scottish provincial fiddle ladles in the shorter top English style (either form wouldn't be uncommon), two bear the Greenock maker's initials with two anchors, two bear only three anchors - to my eye, appears to be the same anchors on all four. To be clear, am only showing an example of Scottish provincial marks struck thrice - they are not the same anchors as yours, and believe the fouled anchor would more likely be from Dumfries. I have limited Scottish references, and little time to poke around online, but further research might turn up the maker or at least an attribution... [URL]https://www.tooveys.com/lots/277575/a-pair-of-early-19th-century-scottish-provincial-silver-fiddle-pattern-toddy-ladles/[/URL] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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