Auction 75 · Lot 333
PAIR OF SCOTTISH SILVER WEDDING GOBLETS.
- Estimate
- $6,000–$8,000
- Hammer price
- $5,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
1779 (engraving later)
Description
Tulip-form bowls bearing etched images of representations of man and wife toasting wine goblet with later Hebrew verse engraved: “He who finds a wife finds what is good (Proverbs 18:22). Set on baluster stem and round base. Marked (Patrick Robertson, active in Edinburgh 1769-90). Height: 6.24 inches (15.9 cm).