Dram cup sells for £22,000

The highlight of a 110-lot private collection of Scottish and Scottish-interest silver sold by Edinburgh auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull on February 19 was this tiny dram cup made by Hugh Ross c.1720.

The 14/5in (4.7cm) high thistle-shape mug by the earliest and the best known Tain silversmith last a…

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