A great 19th century laburnum Scottish quaich with basket weave decoration. Lovely pierced handles also with the basket weave, having old silver metal  backks for strength.
This quaich also has several other attributes, it has a silver coin in the base 'Squab as e, Scottish', Gaelic meaning wipe it out. It also has around the rim  'Squab as e'.There are a couple of old minor repairs to one handle and a small part of the rim.
This is areally interesting piece , difficult to make and having all the attributes that you would like to see on a quaich, including a lovely colour.
It measures 10cm w incl the lugs x 4cm h.
Similar examples are illustrated in Treen for the Table.
A Quaich is a shallow curved bowl for drinking spirits, larger ones were used for ceremonial purposes.