These are great items if you have a small wedding coming up and you might wish to drink a wee dram of the health of the bride and groom.
This is a matching set of vintage silver plate tastevin or wine tasters, so also a great gift for a bon viveur and lover of fine wines.
As you can see, these tastevins are of a very pared down design. They are Art Deco.
The maker / retailer is inscribed on the base of each: Alexander Scott, who was a top-quality silversmith and retailer based in Glasgow at the first half of the 20th century.
He has obviously been looking at a more traditional Scottish quaich for inspiration for these tasters. The bowl is round and shallow. Instead of having the usual twin handles, so that you could pass the drinking cup around to guests, this wine taster has only one individual handle to one side.
These are very unusual and larger-sided tasters and I would imagine that they are probably more functional as a toasting vessel.
All are in excellent condition with no dents, no inscriptions, no scratches. The plate appears to be nice and thick on the item and with no loss to the plate. They are all very shiny. Probably great items to acquire as the quality in the making is almost as good as you might find on solid silver examples.
Six available; all now sold
Dimensions: The diameter of the bowl section is just under 10 cm. The height is about 2.5 cm. From the edge of the bowl to the end of the handle it measures 12.5 cm.