Silver

Each of our four auction centres have dedicated silver departments specialising in both British and foreign silver.  Fine pieces of are retained for our regular specialist auctions with our interior auctions containing an interesting selection of more modest silver pieces. You can find flatware, snuff boxes, trays, candlesticks, boxes and vesta cases to name a but a few.

Scottish Provincial Silver

Scottish provincial silver is a niche collecting field within the silver market. By not submitting pieces to the assay offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, some Scottish silversmiths chose to illegally sell their work without paying any duty. They would mark their work with a cipher, usually a town mark and their initials which often closely resembled a traditional hallmark but without the all important lion Standard mark. This was particularly prevalent in northern and remote towns such as Tain, Wick, Ellon, Montrose, Banff, Ballater, Forres, Elgin, Oban and Greenock but also Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen have numerous makers too. Gone are the days when we used to hold stand-alone auctions of 300 individual spoons, tongs, forks and toddy ladles, the material now being rather scarce, however some rare pieces have been discovered by the silver department in recent years.

As well as offering free valuations, we also provide professional written valuations for insurance, family division, divorce, sale by private treaty, probate or inheritance tax purposes.

Whether you're looking to sell a single item or an entire collection we are here to help and offer advice on selling and buying at auction.