January 2, 2024
No Res, Unusual Scottish silver and horn Quaich "Quake". Rare.
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NO RESERVE, This is a Scottish Quaich, I believe its pronounced "Quake" from what I can tell these are a traditional Scottish drinking vessel and used as a greeting or celebration object traditionally? Sure plenty of you know a lot more. All I know about this one is its made from one piece of cow horn that is well carved and the two handles are mounted with Silver emblems and there is a Silver disc with very odd marks in the middle. It looks to have age but I really dont know more.The horn is very good if a little dry, I do not see any cracks and the colour is good, the silver emplems are both good and near mint, one has a thistle engraved and the other a Celtic cross, the engraving is very nice if a little naive. The disc in the middle however is strange and looks like its been re-glued at some time in the middle? It has the hand stamped number 8728 for some reason with what looks like a sterling mark and the sponsers mark "TB" in a shield? I do not know if this is an earlier disc or original and just worked loose It may be that this silver disc has some significance with its number "8728" ? does this relate to a Jacobite socielty or a club?Size: Its max length from handle tip to handle tip is 13.8 cm or there about and the bowl width in the centre is about 6.8 cm.To be totally blunt have little idea what it all adds up to? I aquired
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