Perth interest, a rare silver mounted vinaigrette, with chamfered hardstone base, the cover with a scene depicting Scone Palace etched under a faceted pale citrine panel with foil backing within scalloped rim, the border cast and chased with flower heads and scrolls around a vacant shield-shaped cartouche, with shaped thumbpiece, gilt interior and grille finely pierced and engraved with thistles, roses and foliage, unmarked, early 19^th century, 4.3cm wide.

Literature: This view of Scone Palace is after a drawing by J P Neale (1780-1847), illustrated in ‘Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen’, volume 6, 1822.