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A James II trefid tablespoon, by Robert Barbedour of Jersey circa 1690, initialled {MAL} .
Price: £2,800.00

A tablespoon with identically shaped terminal (but different initials) by Robert Barbedour, in the collection of the Societe Jersiaise, is shown in Plate 8 of C. T. Mayne's 'Old Channel Islands Silver' (1969).

A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with rat-tail, by John Buck of Limerick circa 1745, crested with a garb .
Price: £1850.00

Another rat-tail spoon by this maker with the same crest, presumably a spoon from the same set, was sold at Woolley and Wallis in Salisbury in March 2016 as lot 362.

A Charles II Taunton/Barnstaple trefid spoon with wide bowl and decorated handle, by John Smith II of Taunton circa 1675 (and Barnstaple after 1680) prick engraved AG over RM 1691.
Price: £1650.00
Further details of the maker can be found on page 133 of T. A. Kent's 'West Country Silver Spoons and their Makers' (1992).

A Queen Anne dognose tablefork with four tines, made by Pierre Harrache I in London in 1705, crested with an arm embowed in armour holding a cross crosslet .
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The earliest known hallmarked English silver fork is the Manners fork of 1632 now in the Victoria and Albert Museum (see stock number 6449 on https://www.schredds.com/fork.htm). These appear to have been made as single items whereas forks made from the late seventeenth century onwards were made as part of larger flatware sets. In Simon Moore's Cutlery for the Table (1999) p.192, he refers to the 1669 accounts of Dame Margaret Prujean which include "12 Four Tyned Forks weighing xxiii ounces ii dwt at Vs 11d ounce" costing £5 19s 4d. He goes on to write that "although four tined forks were not generally produced until the 1760s, 'some..forks were made with three or four tines' ".

A dognose teaspoon, by {ID (over) P}, London circa 1700, crested for Fraser. This maker was assumed to be of Huguenot origin but previously unidentified.
Price: £325.00

A reasonable candidate for the mark is Jacques du Portail listed as 'de Paris Orfevre' who died at St. Martin's Lane between 1715 and 1717 aged 68 (see p. 549 of Evans' Huguenot Goldsmiths, published in 1933).

A George I Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with rat-tail, by Charles Jackson London 1721 (Britannia standard), crested for Heathcote (almost certainly for Gilbert Heathcote [1652-1733], Lord Mayor of London in 1711). .
Price: £225.00

Gilbert Heathcote (1652-1733) was the eldest son of a Derbyshire ironmonger and following a period as a Factor in Stockholm established himself as a Merchant in the City of London. Heathcote was involved in many ventures and his commercial network extended throughout the Baltic, America and the West Indies.

In 1694 Heathcote was among the first to propose the foundation of what became the Bank of England and twice served as Governor of it (1709-1711 and 1723-1725). Heathcote was also prominent in the poltiics of the City of London, serving as both an Alderman and a Sherriff, and in Parliament where he held a number of seats at different times from 1710-1733. In 1733 Heathcote, a Knight since 1702, was created a Baronet. On his death he was reputed to be worth £700,000 and 'the wealthiest commoner in England'.

A Britannia standard Hanoverian tablespoon with rat-tail, made in London in 1722 probably by John Millington, initialled {AE*S} .
Price: £215.00

From 1697-1720 it was compulsory to use 'Britannia Standard' silver (958 parts of silver per 1000).  After 1720 some makers, usually although not exclusively those of Huguenot extraction, continued to use it. This spoon is such an example.

A George I Hanoverian pattern dessertspoon with rat-tail, by Henry Clarke London 1721, crested with a stork .
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A George I Hanoverian pattern dessertspoon with rat-tail, by Richard Gines London 1717 or 1719, initialled {H} .
Price: £185.00