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The Antique Silver Spoon Collectors' Magazine 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 Tel: 020 7240 1766 www.bexfield.co.uk/thefinial [email protected] 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 -o-o-o-o-o-o- COVER A Selection of Georgian Silver Fancy-Front and Picture-back Teaspoons London c.1750-1770 See: The Postal Auction, Lots 197-266 -o-o-o-o-o-o- Yearly Subscription to The Finial UK - £39.00; Europe - £43.00; N. America - £47.00; Australia - £49.00 In PDF format by email - £30.00 (with hardcopy £15.00) -o-o-o-o-o-o- 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. .2. 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. -o-o-o-o-o-o- 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… .3. To purchase a complete copy of this November/December 2017 (Vol. 28/02) issue for £7.50 please click here Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 .4. 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 To purchase a complete copy of this November/December 2017 (Vol. 28/02) issue for £7.50 please click here 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. -o-o-o-o-o-o- .5. 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 .6. 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 .7. 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 .8. 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.
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