Glasgow / Glaswegian Brooches. Glasgow’s Assay Office was established in 1819 and many Scottish silver brooches were assayed there including some provincial brooches such as Ionian brooches.
Below are some examples and price guides of Glasgow / Glaswegian brooches including a silver plaid brooch and a Cairngorm brooch.
A SILVER PLAID BROOCH AND TWO OTHER BROOCHES
Of open circular form engraved with thistles, applied with central thistle motif set with foiled paste, 78mm diameter, Glasgow 1949-50; a similar oval form brooch set with purple paste, 43mm long, Edinburgh 1961-62 and another similar circular brooch set with clear paste, 33mm diameter, Glasgow 1949-50, all three brooches with marker’s mark WBs (3)
Sold for £255 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2022
A diamond crescent brooch claw-set with graduated old round-cut diamonds, rose-cut diamond details, unmarked; in a fitted box for R Stewart … Glasgow
Sold for £2,200 at Lyon & Turnbull in 2022
A SILVER CAIRNGORM BROOCH HALLMARKED GLASGOW 1949. 4.7cm x 1.1cm, weight 31.1gf
Sold for £60 at Hannam’s Auctioneers Ltd in 2023
IONA – A SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL BAR BROOCH ALEXANDER RITCHIE, GLASGOW 1911 with a knotted pattern to the central bar, each terminal formed of an embossed disc; together with an Iona style penannular brooch, James D Davidson, Glasgow 1902, with zoomorphic motifs
Sold for £340 at Lyon & Turnbull in 2022
