The Antique Silver Spoon Collectors’ Magazine …The Finial…
ISSN 1742-156X Volume 28/02 Where Sold £8.50 November/December 2017
‘The Silver Spoon Club’ OF GREAT BRITAIN ______5 Cecil Court, Covent Garden, London. WC2N 4EZ V.A.T. No. 658 1470 21
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Hon. President: Anthony Dove F.S.A.
Editor: Daniel Bexfield Volume 28/02 Photography: Charles Bexfield November/December 2018
CONTENTS
Introduction 3 The Ardens of Dorchester by Tim Kent 3 Advertisement – Lawrences Auctioneers 6 Advertisement – Lawrences Auctioneers 7 Advertisement – Lawrences Auctioneers 8 An early marrow spoon by Anthony Dove 9 An exercise in deduction by David McKinley 10 The 9th meeting of the Silver Spoon Club by Michael Baggott 11 Advertisement – Chiswick Auctions 12 A link in a chain – A bond of connection between persons by Carl Belfield 13 Poppy’s pattern: An Albert pattern canteen by Michael Bodden 14 Feedback 16 First Tuesdays 18 Results for the Club Postal Auction – 26th October 2017 19 The Club Postal Auction 16 The next postal auction 39 Postal auction information 39
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COVER
A Selection of Georgian Silver Fancy-Front and Picture-back Teaspoons
London c.1750-1770
See: The Postal Auction, Lots 197-266
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The Finial is the illustrated journal of The Silver Spoon Club of Great Britain Published by Daniel Bexfield 5 Cecil Court, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4EZ. Tel: 020 7240 1766 Email: [email protected] All views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of The Finial.
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Introduction
First off, please note I have changed the date of the postal auction, which will now be held a week later on Thursday 11th January.
This issue has taken a little longer than normal to put together for several reasons: it’s a busy time of the year in the shop with Christmas around the corner, and as you will see, towards the end of the auction there is a fantastic collection of Georgian fancy-fronts and picture-back teaspoons, which has taken a lot of time to photograph. The collection itself took many years to create and the vast majority are really fine examples, with very sensible reserves. I know there will be picture-back collectors going for the odd ones that have evaded their collection and I’m sure as well there will be Spoon Club members wishing to upgrade to better examples. But also, if you are thinking about starting a collection of ‘Fancy’ teaspoons, this could be the time to start.
At the time I went to print with the last issue I had not seen Simon Moore’s newly published book ‘Artists’ Spoons & Related Table Cutlery, A British History of Arts & Crafts Flatware’. I’m not sure quite what I was expecting, but it wasn’t the book he turned up with on the First Tuesday! Maybe it’s because I have known and used his Shire books on spoons and penknives for years. Well, it’s nothing like those; it’s a very heavy 500 page hardback which is profusely illustrated with wonderful art nouveau and arts & crafts spoons. If you have an interest in this period the book is well worth buying (details in previous issue, page 3).
As you will read further on, the Swindon meeting was a great success and enjoyed by all who attended. A Big Thank You to Chris & Louis for taking a lot of time and effort to organise this wonderful day and making sure it ran smoothly.
Is it me, or is Christmas coming around quicker each year? Well either way I thoroughly enjoy the Christmas period; the shop window glows and shines into the dark evenings, and I like buying the Radio Times to choose what to watch, and most of all getting home on Christmas Eve, shutting the front door and relaxing for a few days with the lovely smell of turkey and mince pies. However and wherever you are spending this Christmas, I wish you a lovely time.
Merry Christmas, Daniel.
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The Ardens of Dorchester
By Tim Kent F.S.A.
They were a prominent family of goldsmiths in this town, of mayoral status in successive generations and I have for a long time been searching for a good spoon from their workshop. Now I have got one! The family scene is as follows:
Daniel Arden I Daniel Arden I was Governor of the Company of Freeman in 1670, and his family included Daniel Arden II. The register of St. Peter’s, Dorchester, records the burial 8th November 1671 of ‘Daniel Harden’ (sic) and of ‘Mrs Mary Hardien (sic), widow’ on the 17th July 1694. Hutchins gives the following text of an inscription at St. Peter’s:
‘Hic future resurrectionis spe cum duobus liberis filio nataq: jacet DANIEL ARDEN Fab. Avr. Ar. Qui obit viii Novemb: MDCLXXI annoq: Aetatis XLVIII’.
Continued overleaf…
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Daniel Arden II Daniel Arden II was the son of Daniel Arden I and father of Daniel Arden III. He was Governor of the Company of Freemen in 1686, Mayor of Dorchester 1691, 1706 and 1718, and a Bailiff in various years. Married Elizabeth Batt of Salisbury in the cathedral, 21st April 1680.
The London Goldsmiths’ Company Minutes (Court Book 10, p. 308) record that on 5th June 1706, ‘Mr Arden of Dorchester’ was fined a total of £14-17-6 in respect of substandard gold wares. On 11th December, 1706 (p. 315) it was ‘ordered that Mr Arden of Dorchester be abated 20s of a former order made 5th June last for payment of £14-17-6’.
The St. Peter’s register records the burial, on 4th April 1723, of ‘Mr Daniel Arden’.
According to Nightingale, the cover to one of the cups at St. Peter’s Dorchester has maker’s mark only ‘DA’, which is attributable to Daniel Arden I or II. However, the incumbent has asserted (1976) that the parish no longer has this cup in its possession.
Daniel Arden III
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George Arden George Arden son of Daniel Arden III was baptized at St. Peter’s, Dorchester, on 4th November 1725.
On 3rd October 1743 the register records the marriage of ‘Mr George Arden of St. Peter’s and Mrs Frances Crowe of ye same’. Frances was an heiress and brought with her the farms of Watford, near Bridport and Haydon.
On 9th June 1748, ‘Mr George Arden, Silversmith’, was admitted to the Company of Freemen on payment of 5s (Mayo. P. 432) in 1750, 1751 and 1760 he was Mayor of Dorchester, a Capital Burgess in 1748, and a magistrate in 1756.
The Will of Ann Arden (proved 1771) mentions her nephew George, his wife Frances, and their children, George, Mary and Christopher.
‘Mr George Arden, Alderman’ was buried at St. Peter’s on 1st July 1766.
It will be interesting to see if any marks can be ascribed to these later Ardens who would presumably be acting primarily as retailers.
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The John & Patricia McKenzie Collection of Vesta Cases
Monday 15th January 2018 – 11.00am
Nearly 400 lots of vesta cases totalling approximately 1300 individual cases in a terrific variety of mediums: Gold, silver, niello work, silver & enamel, figurals, brass, vulcanite, celluloid wrap-arounds, etc. Including a rare erotic automaton vesta case. Estimates ranging from £50-£1,000.
For enquiries please contact Alex Butcher
Tel: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 279969 Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07772 503 144
Lawrences Auctioneers, The Linen Yard, South Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8AB www.lawrences.co.uk
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Fine Art Sale of Silver & Objects of Vertu
Tuesday 16th January 2018
10.00am
A late 20th century cast silver figure of a bull by Wakely & Wheeler, London 1987 Estimate £800-1200
With approximately 550 lots of spoons, flatware & cutlery, hollow-ware, a vast array of boxes, vinaigrettes & collector’s items and a few fans & miniatures. Estimates ranging from £50-3,000
For enquiries please contact Alex Butcher
Tel: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 279969 Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07772 503 144
Lawrences Auctioneers, The Linen Yard, South Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8AB www.lawrences.co.uk
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A Private Collection of Silver Snuff, Tobacco And Other Boxes
Tuesday 16th January 2018
(To Follow The Fine Art Silver Sale)
130 Lots of Silver & Silver Mounted Boxes
From the reign of Charles II until the reign of Queen Victoria
Estimates ranging from £100 to £10,000
For enquiries please contact Alex Butcher
Tel: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 279969 Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07772 503 144
Lawrences Auctioneers, The Linen Yard, South Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8AB www.lawrences.co.uk
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An Early Marrow Spoon
By Anthony Dove F.S.A.
This spoon, from the estate of the late Myrtle Ellis (Fig. 1), is by Benjamin Watts and an early example. Michael Clayton in his Collector’s dictionary of silver and gold dates the earliest recorded marrow spoon to 1692. This was the pre-cursor of the double-ended marrow scoop of the 18th century.
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The date letter (Fig. 2), a small court ‘B’, (as quoted in the records of the London Goldsmiths’ Company) was the second letter used in this assay year, effective from 29th May 1697. The earlier letter ‘A’ was used for only two months from 27th March to 28th May (Fig 3). This exceedingly rare mark is described in detail in The Finial, volume 16/01, September /October 2005.
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It will be noted that there is pricked decoration on both front and back of the marrow spoon, a combination of hearts, letters and symbols (Figs. 4).
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An Exercise In Deduction
By David McKinley
Figure 1 (centre) is of Lot 200 in the postal auction held on 29th June 2017. This mote spoon was offered for sale by the vendor as being by Abraham Harache although Daniel had wisely appended the word ‘possibly’ in brackets by this attribution. Figure 2 is an image of the marks appearing on the stem and as can be seen these marks are quite unreadable. In fact there is nothing to show which is the maker’s mark and which the fineness mark and the expert at ‘The Antiques Road Show’ was unable to make an attribution having examined them so that it is clear that the attribution was not made on this feature. I therefore offer the following attribution of my own and assume that I am in agreement with the vendor whose comment I would welcome.
Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3
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The 9th Meeting of the Silver Spoon Club Saturday 30th September 2017
By Michael Baggott
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A Link in a Chain – A Bond of Connection Between Persons A Tribute to Alan Kelsey 1932 – 2017
By Carl Belfield
Thomas Chawner, Henry Chawner, Eley, Fearn & Chawner, George Adams, Holland, Aldwinkle & Slater, Francis Higgins, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd and C.J. Vander. A roll call that represents the companies and business the inheritor of which was the firm that Alan Kelsey worked for from apprenticeship until closure in 1996 when it was taken over by Syratech.
In 1945, at the wars end, Alan returned to London and his old school of Sir John Cass at Aldgate, where a 2-year pre-apprenticeship course in Silversmithing at the Central School of Arts & Crafts was offered. Alan also learned Jewellery making and engraving. In 1948 Alan was offered a job at C.J. Vander as a spoonmaker where he had a 6 month trial before he became an apprentice ‘of his own free will and with the consent of his guardian bound himself apprentice to the Master to learn the art or trade of a spoon or fork maker’. The Master was Henry Vanderpump of C.J. Vander. A commencing wage of 37 shillings and 7 pence at 16, rising to 75 shillings and 2 pence on his 20th birthday in 1952 and completion of apprenticeship. In 1953 he received the Freedom of Goldsmiths’ Hall and the Freedom of the City of London.
Here began a long career as a spoon and fork maker that saw the gradual increase in wealth and prosperity in post war Britain with corresponding increases in the demand for silver tableware. The 1980s and 90s saw amalgamations and eventual closures of many old silver flatware manufacturing firms. Alan remained one of the very few craftsmen working in London in the hand forged spoon and fork trade. He was using skills that had not changed significantly for centuries. The forging hammer, the stake, the file and the forge, simple, almost primitive equipment in an age of increasing mechanisation. This trade was, by the end of the 20th century, a niche industry.
I have some good memories of Alan apart from chats about silver at the Finial meetings. In 2002 he invited me to visit him at Padget & Braham where he was then working part time for 2/3 days a week – the demand for hand forged silver fluctuating by this time. Alan was taking orders for odd pieces to complete a canteen or replace a lost item. In his hand he held a 2 troy oz ingot of silver from which I witnessed Alan hand forged a dessert spoon. It was forged, heat applied to re-soften the metal, forged again, heat applied and the bowl sunk in a spoon bowl die, offered up to the pattern die press and finally filed and polished. All in 20 minutes flat! Watching Alan work I could see that key skill of accurately and confidently applying forging hammer to metal produce that perfect spoon and then to repeat the process over and over again – all identical in weight and dimension. He remarked that he would know his forging hammer blindfolded as he had held and used it throughout his career, it was the way in which the handle fitted into the palm of his hand.
There was time for humour when Alan was an apprentice. He recounted an elderly silversmith who became irritated if his stool was on uneven ground and wobbled. Alan made sure that his old workmate was in for a challenge. Half an inch would be cut off one of the legs, this was remedied by the old man cutting down the remaining two to make them even. Eventually one silversmith was sitting on a very short stool. Alan also recounted working, at this time, with the last apprentice knife handle maker, and the last to live and sleep under the bench as a young apprentice.
Always pleased to help and advise and always full of anecdotes from a rapidly disappearing industry Alan was a treasure and living testimony to a life well lived and an example of excellence and dedication in the silversmiths craft.
I would like to conclude with this poem by D.H. Lawrence: Things men have made with wakened hands, and put soft life into, are awake through years of transferred touch, and go on glowing for long years. And for this reason, some old things are lovely, warm still with life of forgotten men who made them.
God Bless Alan, you will be long remembered.
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Poppy’s Pattern: An Albert Pattern Canteen
By Michael Bodden
My younger grand-daughter comes of age on January 1st 2018. Readers of The Finial may recall the Grecian Pattern canteen her sister received in March 1998, and now it’s Poppy’s turn.
The understanding is that the gift of a canteen is without any obligation: keep it, sell it or do what you will. It has to be admitted that a canteen of silver very likely challenges for the most un-cool present the modern young woman could possibly receive. Times and tastes change so maybe the gift will come into its own and so it seemed appropriate to add some background information on the Albert pattern and Poppy's items in particular to accompany the parcel!
It was inevitable that Ian Pickford's ‘Silver Flatware’ should be the prime source of inspiration and information. His review of the range of form in flatware from the 18th century to modern times is without parallel. It is with some diffidence that one questions Pickford. In the case of Albert it is possible to raise a couple of queries: when was the pattern named and when was it introduced?
The notion that Albert (and another pattern known as Victoria) originated about the time of the Royal marriage in 1840 has immediate sentimental appeal. Pickford suggests “It was first used in about 1840”. One would therefore expect Albert pattern items to bear Victoria’s head as part of the hallmark. While this is the case for the great majority, items showing the head of William IV can be found, raising the question of the original name of the pattern as it clearly originated before 1837 (the year of Victoria’s accession). Pickford reproduces pages from the Chawner Pattern Book of circa 1875 which show the name; however it does seem likely that it came into use before then as the pattern appears to have achieved popularity, based on the number of surviving items dated from the mid-1840s on. It can be posited that the burgeoning loyal middle classes contributed to this growth.
I hope that other readers of The Finial may be able to help here, perhaps through their knowledge of trade catalogues or manufacturers accounts.
Building an Albert canteen faces a further complication: which of the three variants of the pattern to select? Pickford distinguishes three: with a thread heel, with a leaf scroll heel, and Classic, which is Albert with a plain stem and shoulders.
Pickford suggests that it is wiser to collect a service, which is uniform in style rather than mixing variants. But who can resist when opportunity presents? So I did not accept this constraint and acquired examples of these three variants.
The result to date easily surpasses Pickford’s definition of a canteen namely a dozen of each of table, dessert, and teaspoons, and table and dessert forks by some margin. Knives being difficult to find and usually in poor condition were not sought. Instead modern knives in two sizes complete the practical twelve-place setting canteen. However, when I came to assemble the canteen and list the items I had a considerable surprise: no teaspoons! I am still puzzled by this as my earlier lists definitely included teaspoons so I live in hope that they will emerge from my other silver.
Other items complementing the basic service were added including egg spoons, salts and mustards, serving ladles and the large spoons termed basting, stuffing, or gravy spoons.
Elizabeth Eaton accounts for more of the items than any other maker presumably continuing the business from her father William. Henry Holland succeeded to the Eaton business. All Poppy’s Eaton items are the thread heel variant. Many were obtained from the same source and appear to
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Samuel Hayne & Dudley Cater produced the leaf scroll heel items included; a fork and spoon pair is curious because the gauge of the spoon is so light that the impression of the die clearly registers within the bowl. Hayne & Cater also produced the Salad Servers though it is possible that the ‘spork’ is an altered table spoon. Good gauge though.
I was unable to find a Grecian pattern ‘Baster’ for Poppy's sister so it’s an excess of riches for Poppy to have two Albert ‘Basters’! The first purchased was the Birmingham item. This strikes me as unusual being later in date and by George Unite, the only Albert item I have seen by this maker. I did not resist the opportunity to add the example by Elizabeth Eaton when it presented! Finial readers will understand.
There are ‘journeyman’ marks evident on most of the Elizabeth Eaton items. The six tablespoons of the same date have the same marks; the later spoon has a different mark. One of the William Eaton spoons has a clear journeyman mark. The others are resolutely unclear! One is an over-strike but who on who is beyond me. Despite this the spoons are in good useable condition. The table forks appear to be by the same journeyman different from the tablespoons and I presume that the slight variation in weight is just the happenstance of a busy day hand-forging a dozen items. The dessert forks appear to by another different hand again. The four marked for George Adams have various additional marks all different: could be four different journeymen but this seems unlikely so at present I have no explanation. The four forks bear the same monogram. Unsurprisingly the William Eaton fork differs from the others. The small desserts are the most disparate group and include over-strikes, Sheffield made items and three or four different journeymen. Five spoons have the same crest of a stork with four different dates.
Ian Pickford commented that it was usual for the different sizes of forks and spoons to have been made by different journeymen, even in a so-called ‘straight’ service (all items of the same date by the same ‘maker’). This confirms that using the term ‘maker’ really does not tell the story: from before the nineteenth century the makers of silver flatware were the journeymen employed by the principals, as Finial readers know. I don’t find however this to be the common understanding of the import of the hallmark; clearly Elizabeth Eaton, in common with Hester Bateman before her, was a little old lady tap tap tapping on a silver spoon in a dusty garret. Well, not so! I do not know if any headway has been made to identify the individual journeymen who really made the items in question but I hope that the membership can help here.
I do recommend the exercise of collecting canteens; I know more than I did, I have talked to many other silver enthusiasts, and a table set with silver undeniably looks well. So far as this Albert canteen is concerned, I am just about ready to tie the festive ribbon round the box: the items first have to do the family Christmas dinner before hand-over day on January 1st.
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The next Club Postal Auction will take place on Thursday 1st March 2018
Members are invited to submit their Lots (max. 10 & No ‘Job Lots’ please) for the next postal auction by posting or delivering by hand up until the 11th January. Please provide clearly a full and comprehensive description, if possible, of your various lots, remembering to note all relevant facts such as makers, dates and interesting features etc. and reserve. Also please clearly state your Name, address and telephone number. Please never intentionally submit repaired, damaged, burnished or mediocre items, as such will not sell.
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Feedback
Peter Markham emails from Belgium: A small question for a spare minute (if you have one!). In re-examining my small collection of Hanoverian picture-back teaspoons, I am more and more convinced that some of the backs classified as ‘shell-back’ are more ‘anthemion-backed’. If the elements of the design are linked at the top and there are no gaps between them, then they resemble shells. In many cases in my collection there are gaps between the ‘leaves’ and no joins at the tips.
I wonder if any of the members of the Silver Spoon Club have noticed this, or am I the only one?
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Ian Morris asks: I have a general question to the Finial members. I am confused by the sequence of late 17th century York date letters. In Jackson they end in 1696 claiming an older version was incorrect. I do have a handbook by ‘Banister’ where they end in 1699 with 3 ‘gaps’ where no date letter is given.
I have looked on the Internet and can find both versions but no explanation. Which is the currently accepted version?
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Anne Graham emails: What a wonderful day we had at Swindon. Those not attending missed a real treat. Not only interesting talks but also delegates brought in the most marvellous spoons to show. Many thanks to Chris Bell, Louis Crooks and their wives for the meticulous organisation, which made it all possible. Can we have another one soon please.
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Robert Le Mare notes in reference to Charles Kewin’s feedback about Alan Kelsey (The Finial Sep/Oct 17, page 7): I met Alan at a club meeting in Swindon some years ago when I gave a talk about my souvenir spoon collection, and later he kindly gave me 3 dies of souvenir spoons”
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Gordon Stewart asks: I have an Old English bright-cut pattern sugar sifter, which looks to date at circa 1800, however I am struggling to find the maker’s mark and where it maybe from. Any help would be gratefully received.
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Colin Fraser writes: A short note to members, which will hopefully be of interest. Various new and established collectors have asked me lately if there is a single resource for makers of hallmarked and provincial Scottish silver. While there is no single coverall (as much as any collector of silver wishes for their chosen field), I always point people towards the online archive of The Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh.
It has steadily grown from its origins in 2008 and now holds biographical information, training lineage and in some cases historical information on 8000 plus makers from c.1200 – 2015. This combined with the ever-growing number of punches and marks associated with makers (in some cases many for each maker) and examples of work means it is as complete a resource as there is on the subject.
I would encourage all members with an interest to register at www.incorporationofgoldsmiths.org, it’s free, and spend some time looking at what is there. A few tips to getting best results:
1. Keep the search simple. It is often easiest to search by one or two simple fields rather than fill in all the information you know. I find using the ‘makers initials’ or ‘sponsors mark’ field and just putting in the makers mark gives the widest but sensible results. 2. If you are not sure don’t add more information. For example, adding a maker’s mark and stating it is Edinburgh (as the item of interest has Edinburgh hallmarks) might get you the answer but it may also will exclude (depending how the maker registered their marks) Glasgow or other provincial makers who hallmarked in Edinburgh. 3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and look at the ‘see also’ section. This can lead to very interesting associated relationships and other information. Often leading you into a web of other makers and objects which might just cast more light on the item you are interested in. 4. Where recorded have a look at the items submitted for Assay, these lists while vague are directly taken from the original duty and day books of the Edinburgh Assay Office and show exactly what the maker was sending for assay. Currently this covers 1799 – 1805 with up to 1813 in process. They give a fascinating insight into each makers business and of course your item/s may even be identifiable there – these records are not complete and occasionally can suffer from the vagaries of the original lists submitted so are not fool proof but give a very good representation. 5. Any questions or issues contact the Archivist, Elspeth Morrison, she will be happy to help on any front, technical or silver based. She is best reached on [email protected]
I should also end on three key points. Firstly, the archive only improves and grows with the support of many museums, collectors, auctioneers and publications (of course including The Finial) and many many thanks are due to these key contributors.
Secondly, as already mentioned, this is a growing and ever-changing resource so please do let us know what we might not already know, tell us (or better still send us) if you find a maker’s mark or variation we don’t have and of course if your research/collection can fill in any gaps or increase what we know we would be thrilled to hear.
Thirdly and finally, I should come clean that I am rather biased in this as have been involved with the Archivist and others at The Incorporation in putting this resource together. I hope you will agree the scale and scope are remarkable and of course hope it will help collectors in their research.
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Contributions
Just a reminder that The Finial is your forum. If you are thinking of writing an article, can answer a query, need help identifying a hallmark or have a question or comment, please send it in.
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Piers Percival comments: David Whitbread’s most instructive article (The Finial, Sept/Oct ’16, pages 13 to 15) that includes the Earl of Leicester’s spoon inventory with tablespoons of 2.3oz and whether tablespoons were made for serving1. To go back to David McKinley’s hypothesis concerning 18th century spoon sizes2, I would like to point out that large tablespoons were definitely used for soup. His conversation in 2003/04, which we all enjoyed at the time, was closed with a short piece by Tim Kent who showed that in his family 8” spoons were used for soup and 11.25” for serving3.
The fiddle & thread spoon shown here is from a canteen of 12 that included 18 matching forks, 1798 all by Eley & Fearn, that were a gift for the wedding between Archibald Paris and Margaret Lee that year. They were definitely part of a place setting and not primarily for serving. Measurements are 83g (2.67troy oz) and 22cm (8.67”). The crest is for Paris.
The Old English dessert spoon is from a canteen of 12 tablespoons and forks with 12 matching dessert spoons and forks of 1776/7 all by George Smith, though many of the forks are 1783. Measurements are for tablespoons 71g (2.28troy oz) 21cm (8.27”), for dessertspoons 36g (1.16troy oz) 17.5cm (6.9”).
Thus it is too easy to make categories for eating and serving depending on length. A tablespoon means a tablespoon even if of 8.67” and is for a place setting. There appears to have been no standardization of length in the 18th century though evolving from Hanoverian, Early English,
Fiddle and other patterns did become longer. And although clearly there were smaller serving 4 spoons, as shown by David Whitbread , I am inclined to agree with Mark Nevard’s break point of 9”5 and that they should generally be well over 9” before they can be considered to have been made primarily for serving.
Notes 1. David Whitbread The Finial 27/01 Sep/Oct 2016, p13. 2. David McKinley The Finial 14/01 Aug/Sep 2003, p16; 14/4 Mar/Apr 2004, p27: the 2.4oz 1719 spoons for the Steward’s table of Thomas Coke were later considered to be for the stewards to eat with themselves below stairs. 3. Tim Kent The Finial 14/06 Jul/Aug 2004, p34. 4. David Whitbread The Finial 14/03 Dec-Feb 2003/4, p13. 5. Mark Nevard The Finial 14/02 Oct/Nov 2003, p17.
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First Tuesdays
On the first Tuesday of every month, members are welcome to join us for tea & coffee at 5 Cecil Court from 3.00pm to 6.00pm. Come and meet other members and discuss the latest topics in The Finial and any new ones you may have. Some bring along recent acquisitions to show and talk about, as well as ask for opinions.
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Results for the Club Postal Auction - 26th October 2017
Please note that the results price does not include the 12.5% buyer’s premium.
Lot Reserve Bids received £ Result £ Lot Reserve Bids received £ Result £ 2. 3 11 7.00 123. 50 63 56.50 5. 5 7 6.00 125. 30 50; 55 52.50 7. 5 7 6.00 126. 30 45 37.50 9. 12 16 14.00 127. 40 43; 55 49.00 22. 10 10; 10; 21 15.50 130. 30 61 45.50 27. 80 81 80.50 131. 20 25; 30; 45 37.50 30. 25 31 28.00 132. 30 31; 37; 42; 57; 61; 63 62.00 33. 30 30 30.00 133. 30 30; 43; 46 44.50 34. 25 38; 65 51.50 135. 100 101; 111 106.00 36. 12 17 14.50 136. 30 45; 72 58.50 37. 12 15 13.50 137. 30 30; 76; 80; 95 87.50 38. 15 34 24.50 139. 25 45 35.00 39. 15 24 19.50 141. 25 29; 42 35.50 40 12 12 12.00 142. 45 51 48.00 41. 18 19; 21 20.00 143. 35 35 35.00 45. 30 30 30.00 144. 60 60; 61; 71; 85 78.00 46. 70 76; 82 79.00 146. 18 18 18.00 47. 35 38; 43; 63 53.00 147. 60 62; 85; 105 95.00 48. 30 45 37.50 148. 30 32 31.00 49. 70 110 90.00 150. 56 60 58.00 50. 50 56; 68 62.00 151. 28 28 28.00 51. 50 50; 56; 56; 68; 72 70.00 153. 180 214 197.00 52. 25 30; 33; 42 37.50 156. 15 17; 26 21.50 53. 25 35; 46; 50; 53 51.50 157. 13 14; 17; 17; 18 17.50 54. 25 28; 32 30.00 158. 13 15; 16 15.50 57. 45 45; 48; 48; 52; 65; 106 85.50 159. 15 15; 16; 16; 25 20.50 58. 45 45; 47; 62; 75; 115 95.00 160. 14 16; 16; 36 26.00 61. 56 62 59.00 161. 13 15; 31 23.00 62. 26 26 26.00 162. 14 14; 15; 20; 23 21.50 63. 25 25 25.00 163. 13 14; 15 14.50 65. 60 83; 95 89.00 164. 13 16 14.50 66. 16 16; 22 19.00 165. 13 15 14.00 69. 40 43 41.50 167. 120 120 120.00 72. 20 23 21.50 168. 100 100; 120; 140; 261 200.50 78. 25 27 26.00 169. 100 100; 140 120.00 79. 30 30 30.00 172. 50 50; 54; 60 57.00 80. 7 14 10.50 174. 250 250; 284; 288 286.00 81. 10 16 13.00 176. 180 180 180.00 83. 20 31 25.50 179. 40 77 58.50 85. 20 25 22.50 180. 50 56; 67; 75 71.00 86. 18 30 24.00 181. 20 36; 41 38.50 87. 10 12; 13; 15; 18; 35; 45 40.00 182. 20 21; 25 23.00 88. 30 40; 41 40.50 184. 10 15 12.50 89. 60 61; 122 91.50 185. 60 61; 71; 85 78.00 90. 140 140 140.00 186. 40 45; 68 46.50 92. 40 40 40.00 187. 40 68 54.00 93. 40 40 40.00 188. 80 80; 90; 110; 130 120.00 94. 30 65; 90 77.50 189. 65 89 77.00 95. 50 63; 270 166.50 190. 26 70 48.00 96. 40 56; 57; 76; 80; 103; 165 134.00 191. 25 33 29.00 97. 30 42; 43 42.50 193. 12 13; 14; 16 15.00 98. 40 40; 42 41.00 194. 8 10 9.00 99. 40 40; 42 41.00 195. 45 45; 48; 95 71.50 100. 80 88; 103 95.50 196. 65 78; 111 94.50 101. 90 91; 92; 98; 183 140.50 197. 90 92; 112; 149 130.50 102. 60 138 99.00 198. 85 89; 111; 130 120.50 104. 14 15; 16; 25; 44 34.50 199. 100 111; 151 131.00 105. 25 29; 30; 31 30.50 200. 40 62; 75; 80; 86 83.00 107. 8 8; 9 8.50 201. 65 65; 73; 85; 121 103.00 109. 24 24; 30; 30 30.00 202. 100 100; 102; 136 119.00 111. 12 12; 19; 25 22.00 205. 80 85 82.50 112. 12 12; 15; 19; 55 37.00 206. 50 50; 116 83.00 114. 12 12; 20 16.00 207. 26 27; 31; 45; 46 45.50 116. 50 56; 104 80.00 208. 22 22; 23; 25; 40 32.50 117. 50 59; 66; 86 76.00 209. 12 12 12.00 120. 15 21; 50; 65; 75 70.00 211. 25 26 25.50 121. 35 46 40.50 212. 10 11 10.50 122. 35 50; 55 52.50 215. 7 18; 21; 26 23.50
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POSTAL AUCTION (For members and subscribers only)
To take place on Thursday 11th January 2018
Your written, emailed or telephoned bids are invited for the following Lots – bids to be with us by no later than 12.00pm, on the day of sale. Please note that purchase prices are subject to a 12.5% buyer’s premium, plus VAT on the premium and £8.50 for U.K. postage & packing per consignment, see page 51 for details.
Lot 1 Lot 2 Lot 3 Lot 4 Lot 5
• Please note: due to the weight of some books the postage, packing & insurance has been individually priced as opposed to the normal single cost of £8.50 per parcel, or, as always, they can be collected from the shop. (Postage shown is for Royal Mail Special Delivery within the UK; for overseas we can arrange separately).
Lot Description Reserve 1. Book: Peter Carl Faberge, Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court by Henry Charles Bainbridge. Hardback, DJ, 1968, pp 167. ~ (Post £12.50). Est. £20-30. £15 2. Book: Christopher Dresser, The People’s Designer 1834 – 1904 by Harry Lyons. Hardback, DJ, 2005, pp 320. ~ (Post £14.00). Est. £25-35. £15 3. Book: Christopher Dresser, A Design Revolution by Michael Whiteway. Hardback, DJ, 2004, pp 240. ~ (Post £12.00). Est. £25-35. £15 4. Book: Silversmithing, A Contemporary Guide to Making by Brian Hill & Andrew Putland. Hardback, DJ, 2014, pp 208. ~ (Post £10.00). Est. £25-35. £20 5. Booklet: Sussex Silver and Its Makers by Timothy Kent. Paperback, 2002, pp 48. ~ Est. £15-25. £10
Lot 6 Lot 7 Lot 8 Lot 9 Lot 10 Lot 11
6. Book: Silver Made In Scotland by George Dalgleish. Paperback, 2008, pp 238. ~ (Post £10.00). Est. £20-30. - - 7. Book: British Silver at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall by James Lomax. Hardback, DJ, 1992, pp 191.~ (Post £10.00). Est. £20-30. £10 8. Book: Sporting Glory, The Courage Exhibition of National Trophies at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Paperback, 1992, pp 336. ~ (Post £12.00). Est. £20-30. £10 9. Book: The Untermyer Collection by Olga Raggio. Paperback, 1977, pp 216. ~ (Post £10.00). Est. £20-30. £10 10. Book: The Goldsmith & The Grape, Silver in the Service of Wine – A Goldsmiths’ Company Exhibition. Paperback, 1983, pp 47. ~ (Post £7.50). Est. £15-25. £7 11. Book: English Silver Treasures from The Kremlin by Sotheby’s. Paperback, 1991, pp 198. (Post £10) £20-30 £7
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Lot 12 Lot 13 Lot 14 Lot 15 Lot 16 Lot 17 Lot Description Reserve 12. Catalogue: The Moritzburg Treasure, Silver and Works of Art from the Royal House of Saxony by Sotheby’s, 17th December 1999, Hardback, DJ. ~ (Post £7.50). Est. £20-30. £7 13. Catalogue: The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Collection of Silver by Paul de Lamerie by Sotheby’s, 22 April 1998. Hardback, DJ. ~ (Post £7.50). Est. £20-30. £7 14. Catalogue: Magnificent Silver from the Collection of the late Hilmar Reksten, Part 1 by Sotheny’s, 22nd May 1991, Hardback, DJ. ~ (Post £7.50). Est. £20-30. £7 15. Catalogue: Highly Important Silver by Sobeby’s, 18th October 2001. ~ Est. £15-25. £7 16. Catalogue: Important Silver by Christie’s, 22nd November 2000. ~ (Post £7.50). Est. £15-25. £7 17. Catalogue: Important Silver including Three Magnificent Renaissance Silver-gilt Works of Art from the Collection of Fritz and Eugen Gutmann by Christie’s, 11th June 2003. ~ (Post £7.50). Est. £15-25 £7
Lot 18 Lot 19 Lot 20 Lot 21
18. Catalogue: Important Silver by Christie’s, 12th June 2007. ~ (Post £7.50). Est. £15-25. £7 19. Catalogue: A Sale of Fine Silver, Spoons, Old Sheffield Plate & A Collection of PICTURE BACK & FANCY BACK SPOONS by Phillips, 31st January 1992. ~ Est. £15-25. £10 20. Book: Goldsmiths Technical Digest, The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1989/90. Paperback, 1990, pp 48. ~ Est. £15-25. £15 21. Book: Swedish Silver by Erik Andren. Hardback, DJ, 1970, pp 126. ~ Est. £20-30. £20
22. Aberdeen silver Fiddle pattern toddy ladle, circa 1825 by William Whitecross. L-15.3cm; W-32g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £140-160. £140
23. Continental .830 silver ‘Leaf-shaped bowl’ teaspoon, circa 1900, by ‘MH’. L-16.6cm; W-10g. ~ possibly Norwegian, good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £35-45. £35
24. Elgin silver Fiddle pattern sugar shovel, circa 1840 by William Ferguson. L-15.2cm; W-24g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £160-180. £160
25. Newcastle silver Fiddle & Thread pattern mustard/egg spoon, 1871 by Thomas Sewell. L-12.9cm; W-23g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £40-50. £40
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Lot Description Reserve 26. Silver ‘XIII Kensington’ teaspoon, Sheffield 1912 by William Hutton & Sons. L-12.6cm; W-23g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £35-45. £35
27. Continental silver Oar pattern teaspoon, circa 1820 by ‘CZ’. L-15cm; W-21g ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £25
28. Scottish silver ‘thistle’ teaspoon, Glasgow 1957 by Robert Allison. L-11cm; W-12g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £20
29. Danish silver tablespoon, Copenhagen 1887 by J. Neilsen. L-21.6cm; W-56g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £30-40. £25
30. Swedish silver dessert spoon, Gothenburg 1856 by L. Larson. L-18.1cm; W-42g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £30-40. £22
31. Swedish silver dessert spoon, Norrkoping 1859 by G. Holm. L-18.6cm; W-37g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £30-40. £22
32. Swedish silver teaspoon, Stockholm 1807 by Hendrik Frodell. L-14.4cm; W-15g. ~ reasonable marks and condition. Est. £10-20. £10
33. Australian silver ‘Koala’ teaspoon, circa 1920. L-11.7cm; W-8g. ~ marked ‘Made in Australia’, reasonable bowl, otherwise good condition. £25-35. £8
34. Dutch .835 silver ‘Hotel de Ville Bruxelles’ teaspoon, circa 1930. L-11.9cm; W-13g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £20-30. £8
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Lot Description Reserve 35. Silver & enamel ‘Cornwall’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1958 by Kenneth Tyler Key. L-11.4cm; W-11g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £20-30. £9
36. American silver ‘Los Angeles’ teaspoon, Attlebro c.1910 by Charles M. Robbins. L-14cm; W-18g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £15-25. £12
37. Victorian silver & ivory bread fork, Sheffield 1896 by John Round. L-16.5cm; W-33g. ~ crack to handle, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £21
38. George III silver & ivory fruit fork, Sheffield 1819, no maker’s mark. L-16cm; W-25g. ~ reasonable marks and condition. Est. £15-25. £12
39. Silver single-struck Kings pattern jam spoon, Birmingham 1911 by Levi & Salaman. L-12.7cm; W-15g. ~ thinly made, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £15-25. £11
40. George III silver Bright-cut Old English pattern tea caddy spoon, London 1795 by Stephen Adams. L-8.1cm; W-5.5g. ~ several pin-prick dents, otherwise good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £30
41. Silver ‘Gold Panning’ teaspoon, Sheffield 1964 by Cooper Brothers & Sons. L-10.1cm; W-10g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £9
42. Silver child’s fork, Chester 1919 by Colen Cheshire. L-14.1cm; W-17g. ~ marked on top, slight kinks to stem and tines, otherwise good marks. Est. £10-20. £10
43. George IV silver Fiddle pattern sugar spoon, London 1827 by William Eley. L-13cm; W-19g. ~ later decorated and ‘berried’, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £20-30. £14
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Lot Description Reserve 44. George II silver marrow spoon, London 1732 by James Wilkes. L-21.1cm; W-51g. ~ bowl re-shaped, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £100-125. £85
45. George III silver Shell-back Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1771 by William Woodward. L-21.4cm; W-49g. ~ marks squashed but just readable, otherwise good shell, bowl and condition. Est. £45-65. £40
46. George III silver Scroll-back Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1764 by Alexander Barnet. L-19.7cm; W-46g. ~ wear to marks, otherwise good scroll, bowl and condition. Est. £40-60. £35
47. Scottish silver Queens pattern dessert spoon, Glasgow 1848 by Alexander Coghill. L-18.8cm; W-46g. ~ good detail, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £35-55. £25
48. William IV silver Scroll Rosette pattern dessert spoon, London 1832 by William Eaton. L-17.7cm; W-55g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £35-55. £25
49. George IV silver Queens pattern dessert spoon, London 1825 by Charles Eley. L-17.8cm; W-58g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. £35-55. £25
50. George IV silver Queens Oyster pattern dessert spoon, London 1826 by Jonathan Hayne. L-18.5cm; W-66g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
51. Victorian silver Canova pattern dessert spoon, London 1868 by George Adams. L-18.1cm; W-61g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. £65-85. £60
52. Victorian silver Hanoverian Thread Shell & Quilt pattern dessert spoon, London 1875 by George Adams. L- 17.8cm; W-66g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £85-125. £65
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Lot Description Reserve 53. Victorian silver Vine pattern dessert spoon, London 1847 by George Adams. L-18.2cm; W-58g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £55-75. £45
54. William III Britannia silver Rattail marrow spoon, London 1701 by Lawrence Jones. L-19.3cm; W-45g. ~ a little heat stain & wear to bowl, otherwise reasonable condition. Est. £75-125. £50
55. Early 18th century silver Dognose Rattail pattern snuff spoon, circa 1710. L-7cm; W-2.1g. ~ marked with a ‘B’; good bowl, mark and condition. Est. £80-120. £60
56. George II silver 3-tined Hanoverian pattern table fork, London 1735 by Isaac Callard. L-18.4cm; W-61g. ~ later initialled, wear to marks & tines, otherwise good weight and condition. Est. £65-85. £50
57. Georgian silver & steel 2-tined table fork, Sheffield c.1760 by ‘I.L’. L-21cm; W-52g (filled handle). ~ reasonable condition, good marks. Est. £35-55. £25
58. Glasgow? Georgian silver Old English pattern tablespoon, circa 1775 by ‘W.M’. L-21.5cm; W-61g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £100-140. £80
59. Elgin silver Old English pattern dessert spoon, circa 1820 by Thomas Stewart. L-17.6cm; W-25g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £100-140. £80
60. Scottish provincial? silver Scottish Fiddle pattern teaspoon, circa 1760, by ‘I.B’. L-12.2cm; W-10g. ~ slight heat stain to bowl, otherwise reasonable mark, good condition. Est. £40-60. £30
61. Georgian silver Wheatsheaf & PLENTY picture-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, circa 1760 by ‘TW’. ~ wear to picture, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £40-60. £25
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Lot Description Reserve 62. George II silver Ribbed Hanoverian pattern dessert spoon, London 1735 by Richard Pargeter. L-16.4cm; W- 25g. ~ bowl reshaped, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £65-75. £65
63. North American silver Bright-cut Celtic-point pattern tablespoon, circa 1790 by ‘H’. L-22.7cm; W-59g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £35-55. £30
64. Edwardian silver & enamel ‘Oban’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1901 by William J. Holmes. L-12.2cm; W-10g. ~ date letter worn, otherwise reasonable marks, good condition. Est. £15-25 £12
65. 4 Irish silver Fiddle pattern egg spoons, Dublin 1 x 1866, 3 x 1867, by ‘J.S’. L-12.7cm; W-59g. ~ good bowls, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
66. Irish silver Shell-back Rococo Shell & flowers-front Hanoverian pattern mustard/egg spoon, Dublin c.1765 by David Peter. L-11.8cm; W-11g. ~ wear to scroll, otherwise reasonable marks, good condition. Est. £40-60 £12
67. Georgian silver Scroll-back Old English pattern mustard/egg spoon, London c.1760. L-11.1cm; W-10g. ~ wear to scroll & marks, otherwise reasonable condition. Est. £15-25. £12
68. Scottish silver Fiddle & Shell pattern salt spoon, Edinburgh 1878 by George & Michael Crichton. L-9.2cm; W-13g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. £20-30. £12
69. Aberdeen, pair of silver Fiddle pattern salt spoons, by James Emslie, with Edinburgh marks for 1836. L- 9.1cm; W-17g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £40-60. £25
70. Dundee silver Fiddle pattern salt spoon, by Alexander Cameron with Newcastle marks for 1831. L-10.4cm; W- 13g. ~ good bowl and condition, excellent marks. Est. £30-50. £15
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Lot Description Reserve 71. Scottish Provincial? silver Oar pattern teaspoon, by ‘AR’, with Edinburgh marks for 1810. L-14.5cm; W-17g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £25-45. £12
72. Norwegian silver & green enamel ‘Bergen’ spoon, Bergen c.1950 by Magnus Aase. L-12,8cm; W-36g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £30-50. £20
73. Dutch .835 silver Celtic-point pattern table fork, 1850, by ‘L&LK’. L-20.2cm; W-47g. ~ wear to tines, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £20-30. £12
74. A revolving wooden display stand, made to hold a full set of apostle spoons with the master slotting in the top, also perfect for seal-tops and slip ends. H-17cm; D-29cm. ~ very well made. (Post £35.00). Est. £150-200. £35
75. Edwardian silver Art Nouveau tea caddy spoon? Birmingham 1901 by J. Heath & J. Middleton. L-10.4cm; W-13g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £80-120. £35
76. Edwardian silver Art Nouveau sugar tongs, Birmingham 1901 by J. Heath & J. Middleton. L-8.8cm; W-20g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £80-120. £35
77. George III silver Old English pattern sugar sifter ladle, London 1793 by Richard Crossley. L-15.5cm; W-36g. ~ good piercing, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
78. Scottish silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, Glasgow c.1760 by Milne & Campbell. L-21.1cm; W-70g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £65
79. George III silver 3-tined Hanoverian pattern table fork, London 1764 by Thomas Tookey. L-19cm; W-64g. ~ good weight, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £50
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Lot Description Reserve 80. York, George III silver Old English pattern table fork, 1799 by Hampston, Prince & Cattle. L-20cm; W-68g. ~ good weight, tines, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £50
81. Scottish silver Kings Variant pattern tablespoon, Glasgow 1824 by Mitchell & Son. L-22.6cm; W-113. ~ good weight, detail, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £75-100. £50
82. Scottish silver Kings Variant pattern tablespoon, Glasgow 1824 by Alexander Mitchell. L-22.6cm; W-99g. ~ good weight, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £75-100. £50
83. Cork, George III silver Fiddle pattern large tablespoon, circa 1800 by James Heyland. L-25.3cm; W-91g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £250-300. £225
84. Cork, George III silver Fiddle pattern large tablespoon, circa 1800 by James Heyland. L-25cm; W-83g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £250-300. £225
85. George III silver Old English pattern sugar sifter, London 1812 by Thomas Barker. L-17cm; W-43g. ~ good piercing, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £70-90. £70
86. Victorian silver Old English Military Thread pattern salt spoon, London 1847 by John & Henry Lias. L- 11.9cm; W-23g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. E35-45. £35
87. Victorian silver single-struck Albert pattern teaspoon, London 1850 by William Robert Smily. L-14.4cm; W- 23g. ~ good detail, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £30-40. £25
88. Irish silver Bright-cut Celtic-point pattern salt spoon, Dublin c.1780, no maker’s mark. L-10.7cm; W-7.5g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £35-45. £35
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Lot Description Reserve 89. Pair of Edwardian silver Albany pattern teaspoons with shell bowls, London 1901 by William Hutton & Sons. L-11.8cm; W-31g. ~ good bowls, marks and condition. Est. £30-40. £25
90. Pair of Victorian silver single-struck Grecian pattern salt spoons, London 1859 by George Adams. L-11.2cm; W-40g. ~ good gilded bowls, gauge, marks and condition. Est. £70-80. £70
91. Victorian silver single-struck Grecian pattern dessert fork, London 1876 by George Adams. L-17.8cm; W- 49g. ~ good tines, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £45
92. George III silver Old English pattern salt shovel, London 1801 by ‘I.B’?. L-10.6cm; W-10g. ~ marks very worn, otherwise good condition. Est. £15-25. £15
93. Pair of George III silver Feather-edge pattern teaspoons with shell bowls, London c.1780 by ‘W.S’. L- 12.2cm; W-26g. ~ reasonable marks, good bowls and condition. Est. £70-80. £70
94. Victorian silver Bright Vine pattern teaspoon, London 1841 by Samuel Hayne & Dudley Cater. L-14.4cm; W- 22g. ~ bowl slightly reshaped, otherwise reasonable marks, good condition. Est. £20-30. £20
95. Aberdeen silver Old English pattern tablespoon, circa 1810 by Peter Lambert. L-22cm; W-66g. ~ excellent bowl, marks and condition. Est. £80-120. £80
96. George III silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1783 by Thomas Wallis. L-21.9cm; W-64g. ~ excellent bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
97. Irish, George II silver Ribbed Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, Dublin 1745 by Isaac D’Olier. L-21.6cm; W- 69g. ~ good gauge, bowl and condition, excellent marks. Est. £120-160. £75
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Lot Description Reserve 98. Irish, George I silver Ribbed Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, Dublin 1726 by Joseph Teafe. L- 21.2cm; W-70g. ~ wear to marks but readable, otherwise good condition. Est. £100-140. £100
99. Victorian cast silver ‘Worshipful Company of Salters’ spoon, London 1858 by Stephen Smith & William Nicholson. L-14.8cm; W-43g. ~ gilt bowl, good weight, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £75-100. £53
100. Silver & enamel ‘Queenstown (South Island, New Zealand)’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1930 by Joseph Cook & Sons. L-11.2cm; W-11g. ~ with additional Dublin import marks; good marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £14
101. Silver & enamel ‘Trinidad’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1925 by Charles Wilkes. L-11.5cm; W-16g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £14
102. Silver & enamel ‘Queensland’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1912 by Charles Wilkes. L-11.5cm; W-16g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £14
103. Victorian silver ‘Maidstone’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1898 by Henry Williamson Ltd. L-11.8cm; W-13g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £20-30. £14
104. Edwardian silver & enamel ‘Margate’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1903 by S. Blanckensee & Sons. L-11.6cm; W- 15g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £14
105. Silver ‘Manx Cat’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1931 by Hasset & Harper Ltd. L-10.6cm; W-7g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £20-30. £12
106. Silver & enamel ‘Paignton’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1920 by Sydney & Co. L-11.3cm; W-13g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £14
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Lot Description Reserve 107. Silver ‘Penrith’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1922 by Levi & Salaman. L-11.7cm; W-11g. ~ reasonable marks and condition. Est. £15-25. £12
108. Danish gilded silver & enamel ‘July 1975’ spoon, circa 1975 by A. Michelsen. L-16.3cm; W-42g. ~ slight wear to gilding, otherwise good gauge, marks and condition. Est. £40-60. £35
109. George III silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1770 by Ebenezer Coker. L-20.8cm; W-76g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £70-90. £68
110. George II silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1746 by Thomas Jackson. L-19.4cm; W-41g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £45-75. £45
111. Georgian silver Agricultural Tools picture-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c. 1760. L-12.7cm; W-13g. ~ slight wear to picture, otherwise good condition. Est. £60-80. £48
112. Georgian silver Agricultural Tools picture-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c. 1760. L-11cm; W- 10g. ~ picture quite worn, otherwise reasonable condition. Est. £25-35. £25
113. George III silver Old English pattern sauce ladle, London 1791 by William Sumner. L-17cm; W-48g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £55-75. £48
114. Irish silver Celtic-point pattern dessert spoon, Dublin 1778 by Michael Homer. L-17.3cm; W-30g. ~ excellent bowl, marks and condition. Est. £60-80. £55
115. Queen Anne Britannia silver sugar tongs, London c.1710 by probably by Andrew Archer. L-13.7cm; W-18g. ~ rare early tongs, maker’s mark worn, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £200-250. £95
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Lot Description Reserve 116. Irish silver Fiddle pattern table fork, Dublin 1823 by Richard Garde. L-21cm; W-65g. ~ wear to tines, otherwise good weight, marks and condition. Est. £50-70. £48
117. George III silver tea caddy spoon, London 1810 by Josiah Snatt. L-7.6cm; W-11g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £60-80. £55
118. Cork silver Bright-cut Celtic point pattern teaspoon, by James Salter, with Dublin marks, circa 1825. L- 13.5cm; W-11g. ~ good decoration, marks and condition. Est. £60-90. £45
119. Chester, George III silver Old English pattern basting spoon, 1785 (cameo duty), by Richard Richardson IV. L-31.4cm; W-120g. ~ Chester Assay Duty Books for 1785/6 records only 15 gravy spoons by this maker; good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £200-300. £170
120. Chester, George II silver Shell-back Hanoverian pattern hash spoon, 1743, by William Richardson. L- 35.2cm; W-152g. ~ bowl reshaped, otherwise good shell, marks and condition. Est. £200-300. £140
121. Chester, George II silver marrow scoop, 1733, by William Richardson. L-20.4cm; W-33g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £200-250. £150
122. Chester silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, 1774, by Richard Richardson III. L-20.8cm; W-58g. ~ bowl slightly reshaped, wear to marks, otherwise good condition. Est. £40-60. £40
123. Chester, pair of silver ‘Duty Dodgers’ Old English with Shoulders pattern dessert spoons, circa 1780, by Richard Richardson IV. L-17.2cm; W-63g. ~ duty dodger Richard Richardson IV went on to become Assay Master!; good bowls, marks and condition. Est. £120-160. £80
124. Chester silver Old English pattern dessert spoon, circa 1770 by Richard Richardson III. L-17.3cm; W-35g. ~ marks worn, otherwise good bowl and condition. Est. £40-60. £30
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Lot Description Reserve 125. Chester silver Old English pattern dessert spoon, 1790, by Richard Richardson IV. L-17.4cm; W-24g. ~ Chester Assay Duty Book shows only 7 dessert spoons made in this year by the silversmith; few soft dents to bowl, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £50-75. £40
126. Chester, set of 4 George I silver Hanoverian pattern teaspoons, circa 1725, by Richard Richardson I. L- 11.3cm; W-58g. ~ excellent gauge, bowls, marks and condition. Est. £140-160. £120
127. Chester, pair of Cartouche Feather-edge with Shoulders pattern teaspoons, circa 1770 by Richard Richardson II. L-12cm; W-30g. ~ excellent bowls, marks and condition. Est. £80-120. £80
128. Chester, pair of Feather-edge pattern teaspoons with gadrooned edged bowls, circa 1770 by Richard Richardson II. L-12.5cm; W-26g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £90-130. £90
129. Chester, pair of Old English pattern cream ladles, 1773, by Richard Richardson. L-12.6cm; W-38g. ~ slight wear to marks, otherwise good bowls and condition. Est. £100-140. £95
130. Chester, pair of Old English pattern cream ladles, 1773, by Richard Richardson. L-12.6cm; W-39g. ~ matching the above Lot; slight wear to marks, otherwise good bowls and condition. Est. £100-140. £95
131. George I Britannia silver Ribbed Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, London 1714 by Isaac Dalton. L- 20.4cm; W-58g. ~ good bowl and condition, excellent marks. Est. £140-180. £125
132. George II silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1735 by Ann Hill. L-20cm; W-65g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £80-120. £80
133. George I Britannia silver Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, London c.1718 by Samuel Hitchcock. L- 20.2cm; W-67g. ~ marks worn, otherwise good gauge, bowl and condition. Est. £50-70. £50
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Lot Description Reserve 134. George I silver Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, London 1721 by Hugh Arnett & Edward Pocock. L- 19.5cm; W-51g. ~ reasonable marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £45
135. George II Britannia silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1734 by James Wilkes. L-20.1cm; W- 73g. ~ good weight, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-85. £50
136. George II silver Ribbed Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, London 1727 by Samuel Hitchcock. L- 20.2cm; W-59g. ~ marks worn, otherwise good bowl and condition. Est. £45-65. £45
137. George II silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1747 by Robert Perth. L-20.4cm; W-61g. ~ reasonable marks, good bowl and condition. Est. £45-65. £40
138. George II silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1749 by Philip Roker. L-20cm; W-73g. ~ reasonable marks, good weight, bowl and condition. Est. £45-65. £45
139. George II silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1751 by Richard Pargeter. L-20.4cm; W-62g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £45-65, £45
140. George II silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1756 by William Shaw & William Priest. L-20.6cm; W-67g. ~ bruise to bowl, date letter very worn, otherwise good condition. Est. £40-60. £40
141. Georgian silver ‘Duty Dodger’ Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London c.1760 by John Gorham. L-20.3cm; W-57g. ~ bowl slightly reshaped, reasonable marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £45
142. George II silver Shell-back Old English pattern tablespoon, London 1759 by James Tookey. L-19.5cm; W- 46g. ~ reasonable marks and condition. Est. £35-55. £35
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Lot Description Reserve 143. Aberdeen silver Old English pattern tablespoon, by James Gordon, with Edinburgh marks for 1784 (incuse duty). L-21cm; W-57g.~ wear to bowl tip, reasonable condition, excellent marks. Est. £60-80. £40
144. Scottish silver Ribbed Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, Edinburgh 1717 by David Mitchell. L-19.7cm; W-61g. ~ bowl worn, otherwise reasonable marks and condition. Est. £80-100. £80
145. George III silver Fiddle pattern tablespoon, London 1818 by Paul Storr. L-21.7cm; W-76g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £75-100. £65
146. Continental silver Oar pattern tablespoon, circa 1780, by ‘B.P’. L-20.5cm; W-67g. ~ minor wear to bowl tip, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £35-55. £25
147. Continental silver Old English pattern tablespoon, engraved ‘T. Clayhills & Son in Reval 1820’, circa 1820 by ‘HC’?. L-22.2cm; W-64g. ~ reasonable marks, good engraving, bowl & condition. Est. £35-55. £22
148. North American, set of 5 silver Fiddle pattern teaspoons, circa 1820 by J. Ramage. L-14.8cm; W-89g. ~ reasonable marks, good bowls and condition. Est. £45-65. £45
149. Manchester, George III silver ‘Duty Dodger’ Scroll-back Old English pattern tablespoon, circa 1780, by Thomas Oliphant. L-20.4cm; W-61g. ~ scroll & bowl worn, otherwise reasonable marks & condition. £35-55. £35
150. Silver tea caddy spoon with lightly hammered bowl, circa 1920, by William Hair Haseler. L-7cm; W-19g. ~ probably made for export; good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-75. £35
151. Edwardian silver ‘Anointing’ teaspoon, London 1902 by Robert Stebbings. L-11.4cm; W-17g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £20-30. £12
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Lot Description Reserve 152. Canadian silver ‘New Ontario’ teaspoon, in the shape of a spade, circa 1910. L-10cm; W-12g. ~ reasonable marks and condition. Est. £20-30. £14
153. Edwardian silver & enamel ‘The Lady of the Lake, Trossacks’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1907 by Charles Wilkes. L-11.7cm; W-15g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £12
154. Silver & enamel ‘Canterbury’ teaspoon, Chester c.1910 by Sydney & Co. L-11.6cm; W-13g. marks very worn, otherwise good condition. Est. £15-20. £12
155. Silver ‘Tudor Rose’ teaspoon, Chester 1922 by Pearce & Sons. L-11.6cm; W-15g. ~ makers’ mark worn, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £15-25. £12
156. Indian Colonial silver ‘The Calcutta And Presidency Battalion’ teaspoon, circa 1910 by Hamilton & Co. L- 12.8cm; W-16g. ~ 20-30. £14
157. Australian Art Nouveau silver ‘Kangeroo Paw Plant’ spoon, circa 1980 by Harris & Son. L-12.3cm; W-12g. ~ excellent detail, good marks and condition, needs a clean. Est. £40-60. £35
158. Australian? set of 6 silver & abalone shell coffee spoons, circa 1930. L-9.3cm; W-45g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £40-60. £35
159. Norwegian silver & white enamel coffee spoon, circa 1930 by Hestenes. L-9.7cm; W-12g. ~ good enamelling, marks and condition. Est. £20-30 £18
160. Silver ‘Fox/Dog’s Head’ teaspoon, Birmingham 1932 by H.J. Cooper. L-11cm; W-10g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £25-35. £22
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Lot Description Reserve 161. Art Deco silver ‘Nail-Head’ child’s spoon & fork, Sheffield 1933 by Alexander, Clark & Co. L-13.5cm; W- 47g. ~ good bowl, tines, marks and condition. Est. £45-65/ £40
162. Silver ‘Nail-Head’ child’s spoon, Sheffield 1964 by Francis Howard. L-13.6cm; W-19g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £30-40. £26
163. Silver Trefid spoon, Sheffield 1952 by Roberts & Belk. L-17cm; W-49g. ~ with coronation mark; good gauge, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £37
164. North American silver sugar tongs, circa 1820 by ‘S & I.W. Forbes’. L-16.6cm; W-51g. ~ slight wear to marks, otherwise good condition. Est. £35-55. £28
165. Irish silver Bright-cut pattern sugar tongs, circa 1780. L-14.1cm; W-42g. ~ very slight kink to one arm, makers mark unreadable, otherwise good condition. Est. £35-55. £24
166. Victorian silver ‘Justitia Souvenir’ sugar tongs, London 1899 by George Jackson & David Fullerton. L-9cm; W-19g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £36
167. Newcastle silver Fiddle pattern tea caddy spoon with shell bowl, 1824, by Thomas Wheatley. L-9.7cm; W- 12g. ~ split to bowl, otherwise good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £40-60. £28
168. Pair of large George III silver Old English pattern sauce ladles, London 1776 by William Sumner & Richard Crossley . L-18.4cm; W-129g. ~deep bowls; squashed marks, but readable, good condition. Est. £140-180 £115
169. Dutch .835 silver ‘Marriage’ Spoon, Amsterdam 1960. L-17.4cm; W-43g. ~ looks much older than the hallmarks say!. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-75. £44
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Lot Description Reserve 170. Scandinavian .830 silver spoon, circa 1860 by MH. L-11.8cm; W-29g. ~ good engraving, marks and condition. Est. £80-120. £70
171 Continental silver ‘Captain’s’ soup ladle, engraved ‘Thomas Angel, 1767’, circa 1762 by ‘PCD’. L-36cm; W- 159g. ~ a few old repairs to bowl, otherwise good condition and mark. Est. £140-180. £115
172. Irish, George III large silver Fiddle pattern straining spoon, with removable strainer, Dublin 1815 by William Cummins. L-30.5cm; W-161g. ~ can also be used for serving; good bowl, grill, marks & condition. £200-275. £150
173. Queen Anne Britannia silver Dognose Rattail pattern tablespoon, London 1704 by John Ladyman. L- 20.1cm; W-64g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £280-340. £260
174. Queen Anne Britannia silver Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, London 1714 by George Cox. L- 20.2cm; W-61g. ~ marks worn but readable, otherwise good condition. Est. £120-150. £90
175. George I silver Ribbed Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, London 1726 by James Wilkes. L-19.1cm; W- 46g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £120-150. £90
176. Irish silver Ribbed Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, Dublin 1736 by John Hamilton. L-19.8cm; W-62g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £220-260. £220
177. Royal Interest: George II silver Ribbed Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1738 by Starling Wilford. L-21cm; W-72g. ~ with Royal Garter crest; reasonable marks, good condition. Est. £200-250. £220
178. George II silver Shell-back Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1743 by Ebenezer Coker. L-20cm; W- 45g. ~ soft bruises to bowl, otherwise good shell, marks and condition. Est. £65-85. £65
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Lot Description Reserve 179. George III silver Shell-back Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, engraved ‘Wiveliscombe Clun 1781’, London 1780 by Charles Hougham. L-20.2cm; W-48g. ~ bruises to bowl, otherwise good condition. Est. £80-100. £75
180. Exeter silver Ribbed Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, 1730, by James Strang. L-20.4cm; W-60g. ~ bruises to bowl, otherwise good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £200-250. £180
181. Heavy George III silver Shell-top meat skewer, London 1808 by William Eley, William Fearn & William Chawner. L-31.5cm; W-133g. ~ good weight, marks and condition. Est. £200-250. £180
182. George III silver meat skewer, London 1817 by William Bateman. L-25cm; W-58g. ~ nice crest, good marks and condition. Est. £150-180. £140
183. Exeter silver marrow scoop, 1811, by William Welch. L-23cm; W-43g. ~ good marks & condition. £140-180. £140
184. Irish silver Ribbed Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, Dublin 1726, no maker’s mark. L-20.7cm; W-74g. ~ first initials (O over AA) crossed out rather than removed; good marks and condition. Est. £140-180. £140
185. Pair of German silver Rattail & Mask tablespoons, circa 1730. L-18.9cm; W-111g. ~ later tax mark; good weight, bowls and condition. Est. £120-160. £100
186. George III silver apple corer with green stained ivory handle, London 1799 by Peter, William & Ann Bateman. L-15.2cm; W-28g. ~ a pleasing piece; good marks and condition. Est. £220-260. £220
187. Arbroath silver Fiddle pattern salt spoon, circa 1840 by Andrew Davidson. L-10.1cm; W-12g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £60
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Lot Description Reserve 188. Pair of Victorian parcel-gilt serving spoons, with ‘blackamoor with money sack’? finials and coat of arms to bowls, London 1844/5 by Charles Thomas & George Fox. L-25.5cm; W-257g. ~ good marks, excellent quality, weight, gilding, engraving, cast finials and condition. Est. £400-450. £400
189. Dundee silver Oar pattern toddy ladle, circa 1830, no maker’s mark.L-15cm; W-25g. ~ kink to stem, otherwise good marks. Est. £50-70. £50
190. Scottish Provincial/Colonial? silver Ribbed Hanoverian pattern dessert spoon, circa 1740 by ‘IS’ or ‘SI’. L- 18.8cm; W-43g. ~ reasonable marks, good bowl and condition. Est. £80-120. £80
191. Victorian silver Napier pattern large teaspoon/child’s spoon, London 1883 by John Aldwinkle & James Slater. L-15.7cm; W-35g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. £30-50. £20
192. Hallmarking Interest: Newcastle, set of 6 silver Old English pattern teaspoons, 1797 (Double duty marks), by John Langlands. L-13.cm; W-96g. ~ I do not recall seeing a complete set of spoons all with double duties; excellent bowls, marks and condition. Est. £250-350. £250
193. Hallmarking Interest: George III silver Old English pattern sauce ladle, with hallmarks struck twice, London 1810 by WW, WF & WC. L-17.5cm; W-49g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £100-140. £100
194. George III silver ‘Fish’ tea caddy spoon, Birmingham 1909 by William Pugh. L-7.9cm; W-9.5g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £80-120. £80
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Lot Description Reserve 195. Very large Colonial Dutch? 18th century silver straining spoon with tropical? wood handle, circa 1740. L- 51.2cm; W-195g. ~ an impressive piece; old repair to silver stem, otherwise good piercing & cond. £300-400. £250
196. George IV silver & wood ‘Church Warden’s’ candle snuffer, London 1825 by Edward Farrell. L-73cm; W- 129g. ~ an usual and rare item, good marks and condition. Est. £750-850. £750
The next 69 Lots are from a wonderful collection of Fancy Front & Back Teaspoons, that has been collected over many years by a long-standing member.
197. Georgian silver Acanthus & Shell-front and Anthemion-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1750 by Ebenezer Coker. L-11.6cm; W-10g. ~ good detail, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £35-55. £25
198. George II silver Acanthus-front Hanoverian Rattail pattern teaspoon, circa 1730 by ‘S?’. L-11.5cm; W-9.5g. ~ kinks to bowl lip, mark partially struck, otherwise good detail and condition. Est. £35-55. £30
199. George II silver Rococo Scrolls & Shell picture-front & reverse Old English pattern teaspoon with shell bow, London c.1770, by John Lampfert. L-11.6cm; W-15g. ~ good gauge, detail, marks and condition. £35-55. £30
200. Georgian silver Rococo Shell, Scroll & Flower-front and Shell-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1755 by Ebenezer Coker. L-11.6cm; W-11g. ~ bowl scratched, marks worn, otherwise good detail. £35-55. £30
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Lot Description Reserve 201. Georgian silver Rococo Shell & Seaweed-front and Rococo Shell-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1735, possibly by Joseph Sanders. L-11.8cm. ~ good gauge, detail, marks and condition. Est. £55-85. £45
202. Georgian silver Rococo Shell & Seaweed-front and Shell & Scroll-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by Thomas Moore. L-11.5cm; W-11g. ~ crisp front, good marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
203. Georgian silver Rococo Double-shell & Flowers-front and Anthemion-back Hanoverian teaspoon, circa 1740. L-11.5cm; W-13g. ~ maker’s mark poorly struck, good gauge, detail, bowl and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
204. Georgian silver Flowers, Fruit, Birds & Cornucopia-front and Anthemion-back Hanoverian teaspoon, circa 1740. L-11.6cm; W-16g. ~ bowl and mark worn, otherwise good gauge and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
205. Georgian gilded silver Decorated Mask-front and Decorated Heel-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, c.1745. L-11.4cm; W-17g. ~ unusual heal & mask; mark indistinct, good gauge, gilding, detail & condition. Est. £45-65. £35
206. George III silver Decorated Mask-front Old English pattern teaspoon, London 1797 by John Lambe. L- 13.7cm; W-15g. ~ good detail, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
207. Georgian silver Mask, Scrolls, Shell & Flowers-front pattern teaspoon, London c.1770 by Elizabeth Tookey. L-12.2cm; W-15g. ~ marks worn, otherwise good gauge, detail, bowl and condition. Est. £45-65. £30
208. Georgian silver Silenus Mask-front and Shell & Scroll-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by James Tookey. L-11.8cm; W-16g. ~ minor wear to bowl, otherwise good detail and condition. Est. £45-65. £40
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Lot Description Reserve 209. Chester, Georgian silver Winged Cherub with Garland of Flowers-front and Shell & Scroll-back Hanoverian teaspoon, circa 1765 by Richard Richardson II. L-12cm; W-14g. ~ good detail & cond. £80-120. £35
210. Georgian silver Winged Cherub with Garland of Flowers-front and Shell & Scroll-back Hanoverian teaspoon, c.1760, no makers mark. L-11.5cm; W-14g. ~ bruise to bowl, worn back, good front & gauge. £40-60. £25
211. Georgian silver Venus with Garland of Flowers-front and Shell & Scroll-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1750 by James Wilkes. L-12cm; W-11g. ~ crisp detail, good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £30
212. Georgian silver Cherub with Lyre, Shells, Scrolls & Flowers-front and Scroll-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1745 by possibly Samuel Roby. L-11.7cm; W-16g. ~ slight wear to bowl, scroll & marks, otherwise good gauge, detail and condition. Est. £55-85. £35
213. Georgian gilded silver Cupid & Flowers-front and Shell & Scroll-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1760 by Thomas Jeanes?. L-11.6cm; W-16g. ~ good gauge, gilding, detail, marks and condition. Est. £55-85. £45
214. Georgian silver Neptune, Shells & Cornucopia-front Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1775 by Thomas Chawner. L-12.5cm; W-12g. ~ crisp detail, good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £55-85. £35
215. Georgian gilded silver Pierrot or Watteau’s Gilles-front Hanoverian teaspoon with shell bowl, circa 1760. L- 11.3cm; W-13g. ~ rare spoon; maker indistinct, otherwise crisp detail, good gilding and condition. £65-95. £60
216. Georgian silver Apollo & Shells-front and Basket of Flowers-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1750 by Thomas Jackson. L-11.8cm; W-17g. ~ wear to marks, otherwise good gauge, detail, bowl & condition. £55-75. £30
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Lot Description Reserve 217. Georgian silver Flora & Flowers-front and Basket of Flowers-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1750 by Thomas Jackson. L-11.2cm; W-14g. ~ basket and bowl worn, otherwise good detail, mark & condition. £45-65. £30
218. Georgian silver Minerva’s Head & Scrolls-front and Basket of Flowers-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1760 by John Lampfert?. L-11.4cm; W-19g. ~ good gauge, detail and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
219. Georgian silver Minerva’s Head & Scrolls-front and Basket of Flowers-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon with acorn-shaped bowl, London Elizabeth Jackson. L-10.7cm; W-14g. ~ good gauge & marks, excellent detail, bowl and condition. Est. £75-115. £65
220. Georgian silver Dove & Olive Branch-front and Basket of Flowers-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1757 by Thom. Devonshire & Wm Watkins. L-11.6cm; W-13g ~ good gauge & cond, excellent detail. £65-95 £40
221. Georgian silver Basket of Flowers-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by John Lampfert. L- 12.2cm; W-13g. ~ wear to bowl tip, otherwise good picture, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £30
222. Georgian silver Basket of Flowers-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1755 by Ebenezer Coker. L- 12.2cm; W-16g. ~ few kinks to bowl lip, otherwise good gauge, picture, marks and condition. £45-65. £25
223. Georgian silver Cross-Hatched Basket of Flowers-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1750 by James Wilkes. L-11.8cm; W-10g. ~ later decoration to front; otherwise good detail and marks. Est. £30-50. £20
224. Georgian silver Basket of Flowers with small Acanthus-Decoration back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1775 by George Smith. L-12.9cm; W-14g. ~ good bowl, marks, picture and condition. Est. £45-65. £30
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Lot Description Reserve 225. Georgian silver Basket of Flowers with large Acanthus-Decoration-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1770 by Thomas Dealtry. L-11.3cm; Excellent picture, good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £25
226. Georgian silver Urn of Flowers-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1770 by Thomas Evans & George Smith. L-10.8cm; W-7.5g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £30
227. Georgian silver Vase of Flowers-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London 1760 by James Tookey. L- 11.5cm; W-10g. ~ excellent picture, good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £25
228. Georgian silver Bowl with a Flower-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1775 by Hester Bateman. L-11.6cm; W-10g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £30
229. Georgian silver Flowers-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by William Skeen. L-11.7cm; W- 10g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
230. Georgian silver Single Rose-back Old English pattern teaspoon, London c.1770 by Thomas Evans & George Smith. L-12.3cm; W-14g. ~ rare; good picture, gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £40
231. Georgian silver Tea Plant-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1765 by Robert Sallam. L-12.2cm; W-11g. ~ minor wear to bowl tip, otherwise excellent picture, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £40
233. Georgian silver Flowers & Scrolls-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1750 by Marmaduke Daintrey. L-11.7cm; W-12g. ~ excellent picture, good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £40-60. £30
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Lot Description Reserve 234. Georgian silver Flowers & Scrolls-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1770 by George Smith. L- 11.9cm; W-11g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £40-60. £30
235. Georgian silver Flowers & Double Looped Scrolls-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by William Cripps. L-11.7cm; W-10g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £40-60. £30
236. Georgian silver Single Flower & Scrolls-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1750 by Marmaduke Daintrey. L-11.4cm; W-9.6g. ~ excellent back, good marks and condition. Est. £40-60. £35
237. Georgian silver Crowned Leopard’s Head, Flowers & Scrolls-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1770 by George Smith. L-12.5cm; W-13g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £30
238. Georgian silver Crowned Small Leopard’s Head & Scrolls-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by William Skeen. L-11.2cm; W-8.7g. ~ good picture, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £35
239. Georgian silver Crowned Lion’s Mask & Scrolls-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by William Cripps. L-11.3cm; W-10g. ~ good picture, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £30
240. Georgian silver Crowned Lion’s Mask & Scrolls-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by ‘C.H’. L-12.4cm; W-13g. ~ excellent picture, good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £45
241. Georgian silver 3-Shells-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1750 by ‘?H’. L-11.4cm: W-9g. ~ maker’s mark partially struck, otherwise good detail, marks and condition. Est. £40-60. £30
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Lot Description Reserve 242. Georgian silver Flaming Double-Hearts, Flowers & Scrolls-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1775 by Thomas Evans. L-11.4cm; W-9.3g. ~ good detail, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £55
243. Georgian silver BRITISH Heart, Oak Leaves & Acorns-back Old English Feather-edge pattern teaspoon, London c.1775 by William Collings. L-12.1cm; W-15g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. £65-95. £40
244. Georgian silver Prince of Wales Feathers-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1765 by probably Ebenezer Coker. Mark partially struck, good condition, excellent detail. Est. £75-125. £50
245. Georgian silver I LOVE LIBERTY, Bird & Cage-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1770 by Philip Rocker III. L-12.3cm; W-14g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks & condition, superb picture. Est. 75-125. £50
246. Georgian silver Broken Bagpipes & Scrolls-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1775 by possibly Samuel Meriton. L-12cm; W-12g. ~ rare, heat stain to bowl, picture worn but all visible; good condition. £80-120. £60
247. Georgian silver Masonic Symbols-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1765 by Thomas & William Chawner. L-12.1cm; W-11g. ~ wear to bowl tip & picture but all visible. Est. £45-65. £35
248. Georgian silver Teapot with Flower Decoration-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1760 by William Skeen. L-12.4cm; W-11g. ~ small fracture by lion; otherwise excellent picture, bowl, marks & cond. £80-120. £60
249. Georgian silver Milkmaid-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by William Skeen. L-11.7cm; W-11g. ~ rare, good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £100-140. £90
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Lot Description Reserve 250. Georgian silver Squirrel with Acorn & Oak Leaves-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1765 by Thomas Wallis. L-10.6cm; W-8.9g ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £50
251. Georgian silver Spouting Whale-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by Nicholas Hearnden. L-12.1cm; W-11g. ~ picture worn but visible, good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £25
252. Georgian silver Agricultural Tools (sythe, rake, pitchfork, barrel & hat) & Scrolls Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1775 by Hester Bateman. L-11.7cm; W-12g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks & condition. Est. £80-120. £70
253. Georgian silver PLENTY, Wheatsheaf & Scrolls-back Old English pattern teaspoon, London c.1770 by Philip Roker III. L-10.8cm; W-9.2g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £55
254. Georgian silver PLENTY, Wheatsheaf & Flowers-back Old English pattern teaspoon, London c.1775 by William Collings. L-12.3cm; W-10g. ~ wear to picture but all visible, good bowl and condition. Est. £45-65. £25
255. Georgian silver Hen, 5 chicks and Scrolls-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1775 by Thomas Tookey. L-12cm; W-13g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £50
256. Georgian silver Dove & Olive Branch & Flowers-front and Hen & 4 Chicks, Farmhouse & Foliage-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1775 by George Smith. L-11.3cm; W-14g. ~ good gauge, pictures, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £50
257. Georgian silver Dove, Olive Branch & Flowers-front and Hen & 4 Chicks, 2 buildings & Tree-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by Ebenezer Coker. L-11.4cm; W-15g. ~ good gauge, pictures, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £50
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Lot Description Reserve 258. Georgian silver Fighting Cockerel on Crate with Foliage-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1765 by Henry Bailey. L-12.2cm; W-14g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £45
259. Georgian silver Heron & Eel in Long Grass-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c. 1760 by Thomas Wallis. L-12.4cm; W-14g. ~ good picture, gauge, marks and condition. Est. £65-95. £40
260. Georgian silver small Dove & Olive Branch-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1770 by Elizabeth Tookey. L-10.9cm; W-7g. ~ crisp detail, good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £65-95 £50
261. Georgian silver large Dove & Olive Branch-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760 by Thomas Wallis. L-10.9cm; W-10g. ~ good picture, marks and condition. Est. £65-95 £50
262. Georgian silver Crowned Double-Headed Eagle & Scrolls-back Hanoverian teaspoon, London c.1770 by Thomas & William Chawner. L-11.7cm; W-9.7g. ~ wear to picture but all visible, good condition. £45-65. £25
263. Georgian silver Left-Facing Galleon (no waves)-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1755 by John Spackman. L-12.3cm; W-15g. ~ good picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. £75-125. £60
264. Georgian silver Left-Facing Galleon on Waves-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760. L- 11.4cm; W-9.8g. ~ mark indistinct, crisp picture, good condition. Est. £75-125. £50
265. Georgian silver Left Facing Galleon on Heavy Seas-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c.1760. L- 11.5cm; W-10g. ~ bowl tip & marks worn, otherwise excellent picture. Est. £75-125. £60
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Lot Description Reserve 266. Georgian silver Right Facing Galleon on Calm Waters-back Bright-cut Old English teaspoon, London 1794 by John Priestman. L-12.6cm; W-14g. ~ wear to picture but easily visible, good condition. Est. £75-125. £35 ______
267. Victorian silver Unknown pattern Butter knife, London 1865 by Henry & Henry Lias. L-19.1cm; W-46g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £34
268. George IV silver Fiddle pattern butter knife, London 1823 by William Knight. L-19.3cm; W-48g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £34
269. George III silver Fiddle pattern butter knife, London 1810 by Thomas Streetin (over-striking another maker). L-18.9cm; W-38g. ~ good marks and condition. Est, £45-65. £34
270. Exeter silver Fiddle pattern spice sifter, 1859, by Edward Osment. L-12.1cm; W-16g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £34
271. George III silver Old English pattern sugar sifter ladle, London 1806 by Thomas Johnson. L-16.5cm; W-44g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £34
272. Bristol, silver Fiddle pattern cheese scoop, by Robert Williams, with Exeter marks for 1841. L-20.6cm; W-52g. ~ converted from a tablespoon, but still useful?, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. £45-65. £36
273. Chinese Export silver sugar tongs, circa 1920, not marked. L-10.5cm; W-23g. ~ reasonable condition. £20-30. £12
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Daniel Bexfield Antiques Fine Antique Silver & Objects of Vertu
A Rare 17th Century Silver Patch Box
Circa 1640
Length 1.75" (4.6cm); Weight 0.12 troy oz (3.7g) Price £1,795.00
5 Cecil Court, Covent Garden, London. WC2N 4EZ
Tel: 020 7240 1766 [email protected] www.bexfield.co.uk