A set of six Old English tablespoons with shoulders, London 1760 by Paul Callard, initialled {JC} .
Price: £550.00
                                                                                                         

A Hanoverian tablespoon with cast decorative border, unmarked circa 1730-40 and as found, crested with a bird holding a sceptre all beneath a Viscount's coronet.
Price: £400.00
                                                                                                                           One spoon from this set is illustrated in figure 94 (page 87) of Ian Pickford's Silver Flatware 1660-1980 (1983).

A heavy Old English tablespoon, by Hester Bateman London 1790, engraved Aedis Christi (the Latin name of Christ Church Oxford) on the stem and dated 1791 on the heel.
Price: £210.00
                                                          Christ Church, Oxford (known colloquially as "The House") was founded by Cardinal Wolsey in 1529 and refounded by Henry VIII in 1532. This College has the second largest endowment income in the University and also houses Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, which serves as its chapel.

A fiddle pattern tablespoon, by James Pirie of Aberdeen (active 1821-1826) circa 1821-1822 (with otherwise unrecorded additional marks). These are crested for George Thomas John Nugent 8th Earl of Westmeath (1785-1871).
Price: £195.00
                                                                                              In 1822 the 8th Earl of Westmeath was created the 1st Marquess of Westmeath. This title died with him but the Earldom of Westmeath was inherited by his cousin. James Pirie was active from 1821-1826 and the combination of the maker's mark and the engraving suggests that this spoon, and the rest of the set that have come to light, was made between 16th July 1821 when Pirie became a member of the Hammermen's Company of Aberdeen and 12th January 1822 when the Earl was created a Marquess.

A pair of Hanoverian tablespoons, by William Skeen or William Sudell London 1770 engraved with the arms, motto and crest of POYNTZ
Price: £180.00
                                                             The Poyntz family claim descent from a knight who accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066. In the eighteenth. century, Stephen Poyntz (1685-1750) served as envoy to the King of Sweden ─ though he is more famous for being the grandfather of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806).

An Old English tablespoon with unusual brightcutting, London 1783 by Hester Bateman, initialled JDD.
Price: £165.00
                                                          Note: The brightcutting appears in two forms with differing lengths

An Old English tablespoon, by Judith Callard London 1768, crested with a wild cat emerging from a crest coronet .
Price: £145.00
                                                                                                          When Paul Callard, leading London spoonmaker and holder of the Royal warrant to Queen Charlotte, died in 1768 his business was carried on by his widow, Judith.

A fiddle pattern tablespoon engraved The Jolly Rambler and crested and initialled for John Hodson Durand (1761-1830), by William Eley and William Fearn London 1818 .
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                                                                                                    The Jolly Rambler was a 58-ton cutter launched at Broadstairs in 1813. By 1828 (possibly earlier to judge by the date of this spoon), she belonged to John Hodson Durand (1761-1830). Durand, the second illegitimate son of an Indian Nabob, was MP for Maidstone from 1802 to 1806 (according to one account he was picked up in a coffee house in London by a deputation looking for a candidate). After his death in 1830 the Jolly Rambler was acquired by John Greswell and William Harris who used it to transport themselves and their families from Falmouth to Swan River in New South Wales. This journey took from 6th June 1831 until 18th November 1831 (with a stop at the Cape of Good Hope on the 20th September). In 1832 the Jolly Rambler was sold again and used to transport people and goods to Tasmania, as well as for whaling. John Greswell (d. 1882) was a goldworker and jeweller who had fallen on hard times in England. He was released from debtor's prison in 1830, is recorded as having practised his trade in Australia as well as running a tavern and a nursery garden.

An Old English tablespoon, by William Sumner and Richard Crossley London 1779, engraved with the armorial of a woman with Collins quartering another .
Price: £85.00
                                                                                                    This spoon has a provenance from the estate of the noted Arts and Crafts silversmith, Henry George Murphy (1884-1939). Research indicates that it is very unlikely to have been acquired through family inheritance but no further information has yet come to light.