Robert Gray & Son
English Silver & Furniture, including a Collection of Portrait Miniatures
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 25 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 40 925
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Edinburgh & Glasgow, Scotland
A pair of George III silver wine coasters, Robert Gray & Sons, Glasgow, 1819
each with a shell and anthemion band between ovolo and gadrooned borders, the turned wooden base with a boss engraved with a crest and the motto 'TOUCH NOT THE CAT BUT A GLOVE', 13,8cm diameter
The crest and motto are of the McPherson clan.
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