A rare and fine William and Mary Scottish provincial silver Lace-back Trefid spoon

A rare and fine William and Mary Scottish provincial silver Lace-back Trefid spoon,

by William Lindsay, Aberdeen circa 1695,

oval bowl, the reverse with a ribbed rat-tail, and scroll lace decoration, the terminal also with scroll decoration, the reverse of the terminal engraved 'Achnagat', length 19.7cm, approx. weight 2.23oz.

Provenance:

The David Constable Collection.

Nicholas Shaw Antiques.

Sir John Noble Collection

How of Edinburgh

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume two, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 924-927, entry number 212.

Exhibited and illustrated, Silver, The Aberdeen Story, 3 November 2012- 3 March 2013, Aberdeen Art gallery, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, catalogue no.36.

Achnagat is a modern spelling of Auchnagatt, a small village in Aberdeenshire that is nine miles north of Ellon, and twenty-six miles north east of Aberdeen.

This is the earliest known Aberdeen Lace-back Trefid spoon.