Description
Maker: James Hewitt, Edinburgh 1789-1791, each egg-shaped bowl, attached to a plain and graduated terminal, depicting an engraved and bright-cut boar’s head erased armorial crest of the armigerous clan Baillie, over an engraved cursive initial N (Mass: 262g) (Length: 23cm each) (Condition report: Minor pitting evident due to age and oxidation) Literature: Fairbairn’s Book of Crests of The Families of Great Britan and Ireland, p.28, Bag – Bai, third row, 10th entry, pl. 43.2 illustrates the crest
