Hi Ed, welcome from another Scot!

We can tell a lot from looking at "unmarked" bottoms - the way something has been finished off can be very illuminating.
An image of the piece in profile would be helpful too.
Thanks for posting your pics directly to the board and for getting all the resizing sorted, it's very much appreciated. You can put up to 4 images in each posting. Just click on the (more attachments) under the first one after posting it.