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Stuffing spoon A very good hook-end stuffing spoon with bright-cut decoration, Cork circa 1790 by Carden Terry initialled [GJ].
Price:SOLD
3574
Basting spoon A large Hanoverian basting spoon with double knop by William Soame, London 1733 crested with 2 flags out of a coronet for CALVERT.
Price: £1,250.00
2794
Basting spoon A Hanoverian pattern basting spoon by Benjamin Cartwright, London 1739 initialled E*W.
Price: £975.00
2513
Pair George III Fiddle Thread salad servers London 1784 George Smith

A George III pair of Fiddle Thread pattern salad servers made in London in 1784 (the assay marks show that these were hallmarked between 30th May 1784 and 1st December when the duty mark was first used) by George Smith, crested with an eagle displayed with a snake in it's beak.

Price: £950.00

 

 

 

9060
Serving fork An Old English serving fork, by John Hampston and John Prince York 1795, crested with a snake grasping a laurel wreath.
Price: £925.00
5734
Pair George III stuffing spoons very heavy Fiddle Thread London 1814 Eley Fearn

A George III pair of unusually heavy (12 Troy Ounces) Fiddle Thread pattern stuffing spoons made in London in 1817 by Eley and Fearn, crested with a griffin's head between wings all out of a crest coronet.
Price: £850.00

8194

A George IV silver-gilt Fiddle Thread pattern ice cream spade made in London in 1824 by Charles Eley, crested for the Earl of Charlemont.

Price: £750.00

Francis William Caulfield (1775-1863) was the eldest son of the 1st Earl of Charlemont and inherited the family estates and titles in 1799. Francis William was educated at Trinity College Dublin and received his Batchelor of Arts in 1794. He represented the seat of Armagh in the Irish Parliament from 1797 to 1799 (when he entered the House of Lords). After the dissolution of the Irish Parliament in 1801 the Earl lost his seat in the House of Lords but from 1806 to 1863 was one of the Representative Irish Peers in the Westminster Parliament. In the 1830s he received further honours- he was made an extra Knight of the Order of St. Patrick in 1831 (and a full Knight in 1833) and made Baron Charlemont in the United Kingdom peerage (giving him and his successors a permanent seat in the Westminster House of Lords). He was also Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone in 1831 and Custos Rutulorum of the county from 1841.

The 2nd Earl of Charlemont married Anne, youngest daughter and co-heir of William Bermingham of Ross Hill, co. Galway, in 1801. The Countess served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1854. The Earl died in 1863 (aged 89) and the Countess in 1876 (aged 96). They were succeeded by the 2nd Earl's cousin James Molyneux Caulfield who became the third Earl in 1863.

The Earls of Charlemont had their Dublin estate at Merino and one part of it still stands- the neoclassical Casino (or small house) finished by Francis William's father in 1775 (the year the future 2nd Earl was born).

 

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Pair Fiddle Thread George III salad servers London 1812 Eley Fearn Chawner William

A George III pair of Fiddle Thread pattern salad servers made in London in 1812 by William Eley, William Fearn and William Chawner, crested with a hawk on a tower.

Price: £525.00

 

 

9292

George III pair of Onslow stuffing spoons London 1788 William Sumner

A George III pair of Onslow pattern stuffing spoons made in London in 1788 by William Sumner.

Price: £525.00

 

 

 

9484
George III Old English serving fork London 1790 George Smith William Fearn

A George III Old English pattern serving fork made in London in 1790 by George Smith and William Fearn, crested with a cubit arm, vested, holding a branch.

Price: £525.00

 

 


8797
George III Old English wrigglework salad serving fork London 1783 Richard Crossley

A George III Old English pattern salad fork with wrigglework decoration made in London in 1783 by Richard Crossley, initialled {RSE}.

Price: £495.00

 

8900
George III Hourglass serving fork London 1813 Eley Fearn A George III hourglass pattern salad or serving fork with Union shell heel, by Eley, Fearn and Chawner London 1809, crested with a corn stook .
Price: £495.00
6993

George IV Fiddle Thread and shell divided spoon Dublin 1821 Charles Marsh

A George IV Fiddle Thread and Shell pattern divided spoon made in Dublin in 1821 by Charles Marsh, crested for Fitzgerald.

Price: £395.00

 

 

9247
George III Old English brignt-cut divided spoon London 1785 Richard Crossley

A George III Old English pattern straining spoon with bright-cut decoration on the stem and the divider made in London in 1785 by Richard Crossley initialled {SE}

Price: £395.00

 

 


8659
George II Hanoverian Thread Drop stuffing spoon Lamerie pattern London 1758 William Chawner A Hanoverian Thread Shell and Drop pattern (sometimes called Lamerie pattern) stuffing spoon, by WC (probably William Chawner I) London 1758.
Price: SOLD
7893
Stuffing spoon A stuffingspoon with Onslow pattern finial by George Smith and William Fearn London 1794, crested with a cubit arm holding a cutlass .
Price: £335.00
6668

George III silver-gilt Old English pattern with shoulders ice cream spade London circa 1765 Thomas William Chawner

A George III silver-gilt Old English pattern with shoulders ice cream spade (18.2cm long) made in London circa 1765 by Thomas and William Chawner, crested with a lion couchant on a cap of maintenance for Diskens, Goodenough, Harbord or Lil(l)e.

Price: £325.00

 

 

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George III French Hourglass stuffing spoon London 1806 Eley Fearn Duke Newcastle

A George III Hourglass pattern (French type) stuffing spoon (weighing just over six Troy Ounces) made in London in 1806 by William Eley and William Fearn, crested for the Duke of Newcastle.

Price: £325.00

Henry Pelham-Clinton (1785-1851) succeeded his father, who had only held the title for one year, as 4th Duke Of Newcastle in 1795. Roundell Palmer, later Earl of Selborne, remarked that Newcastle was "not a wise man"- a Tory in his politics, he voted against the Reform Bill of 1834, rather than abstaining as the party leadership had decided, and when he was rebuked for his eviction of some of his tenants in Newark he remarked "Shall I not do what I like with my own?". This made matters worse and the mob burnt down his local seat at Nottingham Castle. The Duke served as Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire from 1809-1839 but was dismissed by the Whig ministry of Lord Melbourne for his overly vehement condemnation of a locally appointed Whig Justice of the Peace. Outside politics Newcastle served as Steward of Sherwood Forest from 1812 and Newcastle carried the sword (or Curtana) at the Coronation of George IV.

In 1807 Newcastle married Georgiana Elizabeth Mundy who, although not aristocratic, had a landed estate worth £12,000 per year and £190,000. She died following the birth of her 13th child in 1822. Newcastle died in 1851 and is said to have narrowly escaped being buried alive following typhoid fever.

The unusual design of this spoon is more often seen in the 1770s and 1780s and a service with flatware of a similar design was made for the Duke's grandfather (the 2nd Duke) in the 1770s.

 

 


8753
George III Old English strainer spoon London 1804 Peter Ann William Bateman

A George III Old English pattern straining spoon with divider made in London in 1804 (the duty mark showing that it was hallmarked between May 30th and 10th October) by Peter, Ann and William Bateman.

Price: £325.00

 

 


8718
George III Old English stuffing spoon twist stem London 2768 Thomas William Chawner A George III Old English pattern stuffing spoon with feather-edge borders and a short band of feather-edging across the stem (simulating a twisted stem) , by Thomas and William Chawner London 1768, initialled {REW} .
Price: £295.00
7892
Stuffing spoon A fiddle pattern stuffing spoon, Malta 1833 by an unrecorded maker.
Price: £295.00
4858
Old English pattern stuffingspoon Newcastle 1788 Langlands Robertson An Old English stuffing spoon, by Langlands and Robertson Newcastle 1788, initialled {PA} .
Price: £295.00
6822
Pair serving spoons A pair of serving spoons, the handles with stylised chinoiserie motifs by T. Wilkinson, Birmingham 1884.
Price: £295.00
2574
Victorian King's pattern serving fork London 1859 Lias 29th Regiment

A Victorian King's pattern serving fork engraved with the badge of the 29th (Worcester) Regiment of Foot made in London in 1859 by Lias Brothers.

Price: £275.00

The 29th Regiment of foot was raised in 1694 by Colonel Thomas Farrington. After a short period of being disbanded in 1697 the regiment served under the Duke of Marlborough in the Wars of the Spanish Succession before forming part of the British Garrison at Gibraltar for nearly 40 years. Service in North America followed (during the Wars of the Austrian Succession) and was instrumental in the founding of Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1749. In 1770 the 29th were the first regiment to see combat in the War of Independence. This was during a riot where 5 Boston colonists died- the soldiers involved were charged with murder but escaped the death penalty having been defended by future American president John Adams. The 29th was, however, moved to Florida and later Canada. It went on to serve in the conflict with France, the Peninsular Wars before being posted to Nova Scotia. Although the return to Europe was a swift one they did not return in time for the battle of Waterloo but did serve in the Anglo-Sikh Wars. In 1881 the Childers reforms saw the regiment amalgamated with the 36th Regiment of Foot.

 

 

8999
Stuffing spoon A bright-cut stuffing spoon, by Charles Hougham, London 1789, initialled {H}.
Price: £275.00
4270
A Victorian Fiddle pattern stuffing spoon Newcastle 1856 David Reid William Ker Reid

A Victorian Old English pattern stuffing spoon, by David Reid Newcastle 1856, engraved with an initial B and 'IN MEMORY OF W. K. REID II OB. 27th May 1855' .
Price: £245.00

The memorial on this inscription relates to William Ker Reid II (1832-1855). Reid was the twelfth child and seventh son of London goldsmith William Ker Reid I (1787-1868) and Mary Barnard (1792-1845), daughter of London goldsmith Edward Barnard I. W. K. Reid II was also the nephew of David Reid, who made this spoon, twice over. Brothers William Ker Reid I and David Reid both married the daughters of Edward Barnard I.

William Ker Reid II was born at Breams Buildings in Middlesex on 18th May 1832 and apprenticed to his elder brother Edward on 6th May 1846 through the Goldsmiths' Company in London but never claimed his Freedom. In the 1851 census he is recorded in Newcastle in the household of his aunt Margaret Spence (nee Reid) at the Double Baths in Northumberland Street and his death is recorded in 1855 at Hastings, Sussex.

The significance of the initial B on this spoon is not certain- it could relate to the original recipient or to a contraction of William to Bill.

7406
George III Old English stuffing spoon London 1775 Stephen Adams

A George III Old English pattern stuffing spoon made in London in 1775 by Stephen Adams, crested with a unicorn's head on which there are three escallop shells.

Price: SOLD

 

 


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Fiddle pattern serving fork pierced Chester 1882 John Lowe A Victorian fiddle pattern serving fork with pierced reserve above the tines by John Lowe Chester 1882, crested with a horse's head .
Price: £195.00
6840