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A set of six unusually large Willem III Fiddle Thread pattern teaspoons and sugar tongs in original fitted case with retailers stamp of Bonebakker of Amsterdam. The spoons were assayed in Amsterdam in 1879 (2) and 1889 (4) and the tongs in 1879. All are engraved with the arms of Huyssen van Kattendijke and those of Van Limburg-Stirum (a bookplate bearing the Huyssen van Kattendijke arms beneath a coronet is attached to the base of the box). The arms on these spoons and tongs are those of Karel Lodewijk Huyssen van Kattendijke (1845-1893) and Johanna Sara Countess van Limburg-Stirum (1844-1911) who married in Zutphen in Holland on 19th December 1872. The Huyssen van Kattendijkes were descended from Adriaan Huyssen, Mayor of Goes, who died in 1575. His descendants were granted honours in France, England and the Holy Roman Empire during the course of the seventeenth century. During the following centuries the family held many local positions of power as Mayors and Aldermen of their home cities and In 1814 they were promoted to noble status in the Netherlands and Johann Willem (1782-1854) served as Foreign Minister of the Netherlands between 1841 and 1843. The Van Limburg-Stirum family is one of the oldest in Europe- it is the eldest recorded branch of the House of Berg who ruled the Lower Rhine in the 11th century (and arguably to the Ezzonen family of Lotharingia in the 9th century). When the Holy Roman Empire was abolished, following its defeat by Napoleon, the family lost some of their influence but not their noble status. Like the Van Kattendijkes they were granted Dutch noble status in 1814 and held many political offices. The most prominent members were Leopold (1758-1840) who was one of the three men who invited King Willem I of the Netherlands to accept the throne in 1814 and Johann Paul (1873-1948) who was Governor General of the East Indies (1916-1921). He was later Dutch Ambassador to both Berlin and London. Finally Otto Ernst Gelder (d. 1942) was a member of the Dutch resistance in World War 2 (for which he was executed) and maternal uncle of Audrey Hepburn. The makers of these spoons and tongs, Bonebakker of Amsterdam, are a prestigious firm now located in the Van Baerle Shopping Gallery in the Museum Quarter of Amsterdam. The firm was founded in 1792, and by 1802 the firm, then styled Bonebakker and Bennewitz, became one of the most prominent in the Amsterdam. By 1806 they were employed to create the silver keys presented to the city by Louis Napoleon, newly created King of Holland. In 1816, following the ousting of Louis Napoleon, the firm received a presitigious commission from his successor. They were asked to make a 419 piece dinner service for the new King's heir Willem, Prince of Orange, and his wife Anna, sister of Tsar Alexander I of Russia. When, in 1840, Willem ascended the throne he chose Bonebakker to make his Crown. The firm remains important suppliers to the monarchs of the Netherlands today.
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A set of six cast rococo teaspoons, London circa 1760 by WB (presumably in the Lost Register of smallworkers 1739-1758). Price: £650.00 |
4838 |
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A set of six George III Old English teaspoons with cast rococo decoration to the back and front of the stem with a fancy back, by WT in script (probably William Tant) London c. 1765, crested for Reid with a Gothic letter G beneath. . Price: £625.00 |
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A set of six George II teaspoons with Falstaff fronts and fancy backs, by Ebenezer Coker London circa 1750 . Price: £625.00 |
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A set of six George III feather-edge and cartouche (Carrington Shield) pattern teaspoons, by Charles Hougham London circa 1770 , initialled {JAT}. Price: £550.00 |
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A set of six George III teaspoons with masking spoon, by John Ewen (four teaspoons) and David Izatt (2 teaspoons and masking spoon), all initialled {JJG} . |
7154 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with milkmaid back, by WS of London circa 1760, initialled {MH} . Price: £450.00 |
6638 |
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Six Celtic point teaspoons with fancy fronts and scroll backs, by Christopher Haines Dublin circa 1770, crested with a demi talbot holding a coronet in the cartouche and initialled {H} on the heel . Price: ![]() |
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A George III 'Duty Drawback' hanoverian teaspoon with shell back, by Hester Bateman London 1784 (with the rare Duty Drawback or exportation mark), initialled {CAT} . |
7133 |
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A 'Darby Patent' bright-cut teaspoon by William Darby Sheffield 1785 . In 1785 Sheffield silversmith William Darby patented 'a new method of mufacturing spoons and other articles'. This was, in essence, an early example of mass production. However only around 40 pieces bearing his mark have been recorded, all of which are hallmarked for 1785. |
6126 |
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A set of twelve engraved teaspoons and sugar tongs in unusual fitted case (which has its own design registration number), by Joseph Dixon and Sons Sheffield 1895 . Price: £325.00 |
6809 |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon, by J. J. Cohen of Sydney NSW circa 1840 crested for BOYD. Although there were a number of members of this family in the colony at the time, the most prominent was Benjamin Boyd (1801-1851), an entrepreneur who, among other ventures, founded the Royal Bank of Australia. After some time prospecting in California, Boyd was returning to Australia when he stopped at the Solomon Islands to hunt game, an area he had once spoken of colonising. He never returned to his ship and his body was never found. |
4823 |
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A set of six George III Hanoverian teaspoons with 'rococo shell' backs, by Thomas Woodhouse, London circa 1770, initialled {C} . Price: £320.00 |
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Six Hanoverian pattern teaspoons with fancy backs, by Thomas and William Chawner London circa 1765, initialled {WM} . Price: £295.00 |
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Six Hanoverian teaspoons, by Richard Pargeter London circa 1730, initialled {B [over] OE} . Price: ![]() |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with 'Masonic-back', by ?.M London circa 1760, initialled {AP}. Price: £250.00 |
5707 |
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A silver-gilt fiddle thread teaspoon with unusual thread heel, by Paul Storr London 1816, crested for George, Viscount Deerhurst (future 8th Earl of Coventry),. George William Coventry (1784-1843) was, as eldest son and heir to the 7th Earl of Coventry, styled Viscount Deerhurst from 1809 until he acceded to the Earldom in 1831. He married Lady Emma Susan Lygon, daughter of the 1st Earl Beauchamp, in 1808 and, following her death Lady Mary Beauclerk, daughter of the 6th Duke of St. Albans, who had a dowry of £100,000. However he is often better known for his pursuit of the 13-year-old Sophia Dubouchet (the future Lady Berwick). Sophia's sister, the more famous courtesan, Harriette Wilson, reveals much about this in her memoirs including the fact that Deerhurst was 'a most profligate nobleman... [who] was unusually sparing of soap and water ... He dresses completely before he touches water'. |
6624 |
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An oar-pattern teaspoon, by R.L. - perhaps attributable to Richard Lamb of Sydney, circa 1850, initialled {LJ}. The mark on this spoon shows similarities to a mark recently attributed to Richard Lamb by John Houstone and the shape of the fiddle pattern and style of the initials do have precedents in known Australian flatware — see Early Australian silver by J.M. Houstone, pages 77-8 |
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A Hanoverian 'Hearts of Oak' teaspoon with "British" on the back of the bowl , London circa 1760, initialled {N [over] I B} . This patriotic pictureback features a design used on the medal produced by John Kirk for George III's coronation in 1760 (included for illustration only). |
6615 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with 'cockerel back', by HB in script (Grimwade 3601) London circa 1760, initialled {EG} . Price: £225.00 |
5768 |
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Six Old English teaspoons with shellbacks, by Thomas and William Chawner London circa 1770, initialled {AW} . Price: £220.00 |
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A set of six George IV Celtic point teaspoons, by Charles Eley London 1828, crested with a galleon and the motto Deus Nauclator (perhaps for Yeoman) . Price: £210.00 |
7043 |
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Three Scottish fiddle pattern teaspoons, by John Welsh of Edinburgh circa 1760, initialled {JH} and numbered 1 through 3 . Price: £210.00 |
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6 shell-back Hanoverian teaspoons, London circa 1750 by WC (probably William Cripps), initialled [A]. One spoon, otherwise identical to the 5 others in the set, has a different, larger shell. Price: £195.00 |
3653 |
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A set of six fiddle pattern teaspoons with bright-cut borders, by William Sumner London 1791 . Price: £190.00 |
6448 |
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A George VI teaspoon with Celtic motifs and the bowl stamped with a dove and IONA, by Iona Celtic Art, Birmingham 1937 . Alexander Ritchie (1856-1941) trained as a marine engineer and worked for the British India Steam Shipping Company but, when in Scotland, he attended the Glasgow School of Art. There he met Euphemia Thompson and they married in 1898. Two years later Ritchie was appointed custodian of Iona Cathedral and the couple began to produce silver derived from the stonework of Iona (and elsewhere in Scotland). From 1910 Ritchie had a hallmark in Chester and in 1931, he also registered at Birmingham assay office as 'Iona Celtic Art'. The Ritchies became a key part of disseminating Celtic design — their successors on Iona continue to do so to this day. |
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A Hanoverian squirrel-back teaspoon by W.F, London circa 1760 initialled {I*P}. Price: £185.00 |
2516 |
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A George II teaspoon with Minerva front and acorn-shaped bowl (the reverse decorated with a basket of flowers), by Thomas Jackson of London circa 1745, initialled {EB} . Price: ![]() |
6928 |
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Six Old English teaspoons with feather-edge borders and fluted bowls, by John Lampfert of London circa 1770 . Price: £175.00 |
6411 |
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A 'Double Duty' bright-cut teaspoon, by John Langlands Newcastle 1797, initialled {IFR}. Price: £170.00 |
5288 |
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A silver-gilt teaspoon in a variant of King's Honeysuckle pattern with an anthemion and leaf centre by William Chawner London 1821, crested with a wolf's head . Price: £165.00 |
7799z |
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Six George III Old English pattern teaspoons with bright-cut decoration, assayed in London between May 30th and October 10th 1804 and retailed by George Gray (possibly overstriking the Bateman family), initialled {LP} . Price: £165.00 |
7477 |
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A 'double duty' Old English teaspoon, by John Langlands Newcastle 1797, initialled {IS}.. Price: £165.00 |
5350 |
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A George III set of six Old English teaspoons, by John Sid of Perth circa 1790 . Price: £165.00 |
6833 |
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6 feather-edge teaspoons, by Thomas and William Chawner London circa 1770, crested with a lion at the foot of a tree. Price: ![]() |
5337 |
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An Old English mashing spoon by James Erskine of Aberdeen circa 1800 initialled {LMcK}. Price: £165.00 |
6214 |
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Six brightcut teaspoons, Exeter circa 1790 by Joseph Hicks initialled {JML}. Price: £155.00 |
2856 |
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6 brightcut teaspoons by Thomas Evans and Jacob Levi, London 1783 initialled {EN}. Price: £155.00 |
6742 |
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A feather-edge teaspoon with shaped stem and fluted bowl, London circa 1770 by IM (Grimwade 3658) for Jacob Marsh or John Moore, initialled {AJ} or {AT}. Two spoons from this set formed part of lot 99 of the Gubbins sale in 2002. |
4903 |
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Six George III Old English pattern teaspoons with feather-edge borders, by Charles Hougham London 1782, initialled {E [over] DB} . Price: £145.00 |
7739 |
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A George III set of six Old English pattern teaspoons with bright-cut decoration, by Richard Crossley London 1785, crested with a demi lion rampant holding a leaf . Price: £145.00 |
7577 |
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A 'double-headed eagle' back teaspoon, by Thomas and William Chawner London circa 1765 (Grimwade 3510 formerly ascribed to Thomas Whipham and Charles Wright), initialled {P [over] IM}. Price: £145.00 |
5694 |
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A set of six bright-cut teaspoons, by Richard Crossley London 1801 initialled {H} on the front and {ED} on the back. Price: £145.00 |
4573 |
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A 'Hen and Chicks' back Hanoverian teaspoon, by B.B London circa 1750, initialled {JC}.. Price: £145.00 |
5299 |
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An Old English teaspoon with 'galleon-back' , by I*S London circa 1770, initialled {T}. Price: £140.00 |
5709 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with galleon back by Thomas Woodhouse London circa 1760, initialled {SHAJ} Price: £140.00 |
5752 |
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Six Old English teaspoons, by Peter and Ann Bateman London 1793. Price: £140.00 |
5674 |
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A 'galleon back' teaspoon, by WT (attributed to William Tant) London circa 1760.
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An Old English masking spoon by John Ewen, Aberdeen circa 1810 initialled {AT}. Price: £140.00 |
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A William IV Old England pattern teaspoon, by Jonathan Hayne London 1835, initialled {MBB} . 2 spoons available |
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A George II Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, by Benjamin Pemberton Chester circa 1730, initialled {S [over] MB [over] WM} . Price: £125.00 |
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A George III Fiddle Shell pattern teaspoon, by Godbehere, Wigan and Bult London 1809, engraved on the back of the bowl {GOD be here} . The intriguing engraving on the reverse of the bowl of this spoon is likely to be a reference to Samuel Godbehere, the senior partner in the firm whose maker's mark is on it. Samuel Godbehere (c. 1755-1818) was elected an Alderman of the City of London in 1809 (the first member of the Needlemakers' Company to rise to this rank). He went on to stand for Lord Mayor in 1816, 1817 and 1818 but was unsuccessful on all occasions. |
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An Old English teaspoon, by Peter and Jonathan Bateman London 1791, crested with a wolf's head impaled by a spear . Price: £125.00 |
5754 |
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A set of six King's pattern eggspoons with shell heels, by Jackson and Fullerton London 1911, crested with a talbot's head out of a coronet . Price: £120.00 |
6697 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with 'tea plant' back, by Robert Sallam London circa 1770, initialled {JSF} . Price: £120.00 |
6198 |
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A 'Scottish fiddle' pattern teaspoon with a twisted stem, by Francis Howden Edinburgh circa 1790 , initialled {C}. Price: £120.00 |
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A Victorian Star and Cornucopia pattern teaspoon by William Eaton London 1842 and struck with a small foreign import mark, initialled {D} . Price: £115.00 |
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A Victorian Princess Number one pattern teaspoon, by John James Whiting London 1856, crested with an owl . Price: £115.00 |
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A set of six Old English teaspoons, by Peter, Ann and William Bateman London 1801, initialled {MO}. Price: £115.00 |
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An Old English teaspoon with fluted bowl and rococo decoration to both the front and back of the stem, by John Lampfert London circa 1760, crested with a clothed arm holding a bird . Price: ![]() |
6393 |
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A George III Old English pattern teaspoon with feather-edged shoulders and a twisted stem, by IO London circa 1770 (attributed to Jonas Osborne active 1769-1774), crested with a horse's head . 2 spoons available |
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A George III Old English pattern teaspoon with feather-edge decoration on both sides (as well as the back of the bowl) and integral cartouche, by John Harvey I London circa 1770, crested with a demi-eagle pierced by an arrow in the cartouche and initialled {JMM} on the reverse . 2 spoons available |
7784z |
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A George III Hanoverian pattern teaspoon with 'PLENTY' back, by Thomas Wallis London 1782 . Price: £110.00 |
7464 |
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A George III Scottish fiddle pattern teaspoon, by Edward Livingstone of Dundee circa 1800, initialled {DB} . |
7250 |
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A 'Scottish fiddle' pattern teaspoon, by Lothian and Robertson of Edinburgh circa 1775, numbered 4 and crested for Steuart of Dalguise( Perthshire) . The initials CS are very likely to be those of Charles Steuart of Dalguise (1756-1821) . Charles Steuart of Dalguise (Perthshire) was born in 1756 and died in 1821. He was directly descended from an illegitimate son of Robert II of Scotland (reigned 1371-1390). A later head of the family had served in the Royalist army under the Marquess of Montrose during the British Civil Wars of the 1640s. Charles's immediate family also had strong links to the Jacobite cause throughout the first half of the eighteenth century. His grandfather, John Steuart of Dalguise (1689-1776), was a member of the Jacobite army defeated at the Battle of Sheriffmuir at the end of the 1715 rebellion. Charles married his first wife Grace Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart of Ballechin, in 1786. His father-in-law had served as an officer in the Jacobite army raised by Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745. After Grace's death in 1787 Charles married Amelia Ann Sophia Oliphant, daughter of Laurence Oliphant of Gask. This time his father-in-law had been aide-de-camp to Bonnie Prince Charlie during 1745 campaign. By the time Charles inherited the Dalguise Estate in 1785 the fear of Jacobitism had subsided. He was appointed the first Deputy Lieutenant of Perthshire by George III when the office was instituted in 1794. By the late nineteenth century, Dalguise House was being let in the summer and from the early 1870s the family of Beatrix Potter were regular tenants. It was while staying there that she wrote the 'picture letters' on which 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' and 'The Tale of Jeremy Fisher' were based. Mrs. Tiggy Winkle is also believed to have been inspired by the washerwoman at Dalguise. |
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A pair of Hanoverian teaspoons with unusual shell backs, by David Crawford Newcastle circa 1780, initialled {G [over] IM} . Price: £110.00 |
6303 |
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A flame-back Hanoverian teaspoon by Benjamin Cartwright London circa 1760. Price: £110.00 |
5706 |
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A feather-edge teaspoon with shoulders, by Richard Richardson III of Chester circa 1765, initialled {P}. Price: £110.00 |
4696 |
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An Old English teaspoon, by David Izatt of Banff circa 1800, initialled {C} . Price: £110.00 |
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A Old English pattern teaspoon, Banff circa 1800 by David Izatt initialled {JJC}. Price: £110.00 |
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A George III 'Duty Drawback' Old English pattern teaspoon with bright-cut engraving (a.f.), by Hester Bateman London 1785, initialled {EGF} . The 'Duty Drawback' or Exportation mark was struck on pieces during 1784-1785 to show that the pieces had been exported and the duty paid on them reimbursed. However it was found that striking an incuse punch into completed pieces caused damage and the mark was discontinued after only two years. Consequently this is the rarest English hallmark. |
7594 |
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A set of six gilt copper Old English pattern teaspoons, circa 1810 . Price: ![]() |
7399 |
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A Victorian pair of teaspoons of King's shape with soft shoulders, one by Francis Higgins London 1881 and one with Continental marks, both initialled {G} . Price: ![]() |
7621 |
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A George III Hanoverian teaspoon, the back bearing a 'small leopard's head within a fancy cartouche', by William Sudell London circa 1760, initialled {KH} . Price: £95.00 |
7156 |
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A Victorian beaded teaspoon with urn front, by George Adams London 1879, initialled {R} . Price: £95.00 |
7039 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with fancy front and artichoke back, by Owen Cassidy of Dublin (active 1756-1816) circa 1760, initialled {W [over] I* I} . Price: ![]() |
6085 |
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A George III fiddle thread pattern teaspoon with die-cast helmet and engraved crest, by Robert Gray and Sons (of Glasgow) assayed in Edinburgh in 1818, the crest being that of a swan's head out of a coronet . Price: £95.00 |
6825 |
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An Old English teaspoon made in Jersey, marked LC accompanied by a J and a pseudo-duty mark: These marks have been tentatively attributed to Mr. Chevalier of Jersey initialled {EG} . Price: £95.00 |
5962 |
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An Old English pattern mashing spoon, made circa 1780. Price: £95.00 |
5491 |
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A George III Fiddle pattern teaspoon, by John Whelpley Cork circa 1810, initialled {RT} and crested with a wolf for a member of the Travers family (described as being of 'Cork' or of 'County Cork') . The Travers family seem to have been prominent in Cork and there were several Roberts and a Richard in the first quarter of the nineteenth century- one candidate for the owner of this spoon would be Robert Travers, Attorney of Cork who appears in the trade directories and married Harriet Belford in 1809. |
7285 |
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A pair of bright-cut Celtic point teaspoons, Dublin 1807-1809 by Arthur Murphy, initialled {DLH} . Price: £90.00 |
5918 |
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An Old English teaspoon with two sets of hallmarks for London 1799 made by Godbehere, Wigan and Boult . Price: £90.00 |
5996 |
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A pair of Hanoverian teaspoons, by John Clayton London circa 1745, crested with a wolf's head out of a coronet. Price: £90.00 See also SN 5118 below |
5120 |
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A Victorian Adelaide pattern eggspoon, by George Adams London 1852, initialled {G} .
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7357 |
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A George IV Coburg pattern teaspoon, by James Beebe London 1830 . Price: ![]() |
7275 |
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A George VI teaspoon with the die-cast crest of Imperial Chemical Industries, by Arthur Price and Company Limited Birmingham 1938 The crest on this spoon was used by the Company for advertising ─ including on playing cards an example of which accompanies this spoon ─ but it is possible that this spoon was made for use within the Company (perhaps in the board room). |
7145 |
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A George II snuffspoon with shell back, circa 1750 . Price: ![]() |
6836 |
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A George III Military thread-and-shell variant teaspoon with fluted bowl, by William Eley and William Fearn London 1819 . Price: ![]() |
6849 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with a 'double shell and twiddle' back, by Marmaduke Daintry London circa 1745, initialled {WC} . Price: £85.00 |
6428 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with fancy front and scroll back, made in London by William London circa 1760, initialled {S [over] IM} . Price: £85.00 |
6387 |
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A 'Basket of Flowers' back teaspoon, by Thomas Woodhouse London circa 1770, initialled {MW}. Price: £85.00 |
5549 |
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A teaspoon with 'Falstaff' front, London circa 1765 by ID in script (possibly attributable to Israel Devonshire), crested with a demi-horse rampant. Price: ![]() |
4595 |
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A pair of Old English teaspoons with bright-cut cartouches and initials - one York 1798 by Hampston and Prince; the other London 1797 by Eley and Fearn. The bright-cutting on both these spoons is similar to that on a pair of sugar tongs assayed in York between 1801-1804 (see Michael Baggott's 'Illustrated Guide to York Hallmarks 1776-1858' [2010], figure 294) and could thus indicate a link between the silversmiths of London and York |
4548 |
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A pair of brightcut teaspoons by ?John Sheils? Dublin 1787 - 1793 initialled {E} over {PL}. Price: £80.00 |
2671a |
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A George III fiddle pattern teaspoon, by Alexander Campbell of Greenock circa 1800, initialled {JW} . Price: £75.00 |
6907z |
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A Tamworth pattern teaspoon, by George Adams London 1865. Price: £75.00 |
5663 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with shell back, by Pentecost Symonds, Exeter circa 1750, initialled {T [over] E E } . Price: £75.00 |
6504 |
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A single-struck teaspoon of unrecorded 'Ivy' pattern, by George Adams London 1859, initialled {PW}. Price: £75.00 |
5729 |
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A floral 'fancy back' teaspoon, by Hester Bateman London circa 1770, initalled {SIM}. Price: £75.00 |
5447 |
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A shell back teaspoon, by Pierre Amiraux Jersey circa 1770, initialled {MM}. Price: ![]() |
5506 |
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A Louis XV pattern teaspoon made in London in 1860 by John Samuel Hunt crested with a bull's head out of a coronet. 2 spoons available
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3456 |
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An Elizabethan pattern teaspoon, by George Adams London 1869. Price: ![]() |
5374 |
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An Irish fancy front teaspoon with scroll back, Dublin circa 1775 by IC (perhaps forJohn Craig). Price: £75.00 |
4103 |
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A fancy-back teaspoon, by George Smith, London circa 1770, initialled {SAA}. Price: £75.00 |
4348 |
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An Irish fancy front teaspoon with scroll back, Dublin circa 1775 by RL. The mark is noted in Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks (p. 654) but not associated with any specific maker |
4104 |
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A feather-edge and cartouche teaspoon with shoulders, by William Turton, London circa 1775, initialled {EW}. Price: £75.00 2 spoons available |
4557 |
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A pair of fiddle pattern teaspoons with rat-tail, Dublin, 1829, by Samuel Neville initialled {W}. Price: £72.00 |
2864a |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with shell back, by Edward Bennett London circa 1740, initialled {A O} . Price: £68.00 |
6429 |
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An Old English teaspoon with wrigglework border, by Hester Bateman London circa 1780, crested with a mitre for BERKELEY. Price: £68.00 |
5866 |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon, by James Sturrock of Montrose circa 1860, initialled {JBA} . Price: £65.00 |
7229 |
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A Victorian teaspoon with twisted stem, shell bowl and cast finial decorated with a Satyr's head, by William Eaton London 1842, initialled {JTT} . 2 spoons available |
7792z |
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A bright-cut Celtic point teaspoon with a ribbon above the cartouche, Dublin circa 1795, crested with a lion rampant . Price: £65.00 |
5916 |
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A Celtic Point teaspoon, by J. Bayly Dublin circa 1800, crested with a demi lion rampant holding an orb.. Price: £65.00 |
5141z |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with fancy back, by Henry Daniel London circa 1780, initialled {L} [over] {MD}. |
4963z |
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A bright-cut Celtic point teaspoon with a shell back, Dublin circa 1770 by John Shiels, initialled {CJM} . Price: £65.00 |
5915 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with 'artichoke front' and reeded borders, unmarked circa 1730, crested with a greyhound . Price: £60.00 |
6432z |
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Three Hanoverian teaspoons, London circa 1755 by Richard Hawkins, initialled {HGM}. Price: £60.00 |
3718 |
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A George III Old English pattern teaspoon, by Samuel Green of Cork but assayed in Dublin in 1811, {RT} and crested with a wolf for a member of the Travers family (described as being of 'Cork' or of 'County Cork') . The Travers family seem to have been prominent in Cork and there were several Roberts and a Richard in the first quarter of the nineteenth century- one candidate for the owner of this spoon would be Robert Travers, Attorney of Cork who appears in the trade directories and married Harriet Belford in 1809. Interestingly the engraving of the crest and initials would appear to be by the same hand as that on a Fiddle pattern teaspoon owned by the same man- our stock number 7285. |
7618 |
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An Old English teaspoon, by Peter and William Bateman London 1814, engraved Nursery on the reverse . Price: £58.00 |
6532 |
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An Old English teaspoon, by Hester Bateman London 1788, initialled {A I E}. Price: £58.00 |
5600 |
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A Scottish fiddle pattern teaspoon, made in Edinburgh circa 1790 by David Elder. Price: £58.00 |
4165 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with cast front and artichoke back, London circa 1760 initialled {S} over {WEB} beneath an eagle. Price: £58.00 |
4078 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with unusual shell back, by David Crawford Newcastle circa 1780, initialled {G [over] IM} . Price: £55.00 2 spoons available |
6305 |
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A hammered spoon with pierced floral finial, by HM (anchor between), Australian circa 1920 . Price: £55.00 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with cast front and shell back, London circa 1750 perhaps by Richard Gosling, engraved with an armorial of a spread eagle. Price: £55.00 |
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An Old English teaspoon, by John Ollivant (of Manchester) Chester probably 1786, initialled {L}. Price: £55.00 |
4368 |
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An oar-pattern teaspoon, Perth circa 1810 by William Ritchie. Price: £53.00 |
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A George III Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, by James Law of Aberdeen (active 1774-1782), initialled {WW [over] AF} . 3 single spoons available |
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A George III Old English Feather-edge and Cartouche pattern (Carrington Shield) teaspoon, London circa 1770 probably by Hester Bateman, initialled {SH} . 2 spoons available |
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An Old English teaspoon, by Hester Bateman London 1789, initialled {L}. Price: £52.00 2 spoons available |
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A feather-edged teaspoon, by Edward Sawyer, Birmingham 1776, initialled {MD}. Price: ![]() |
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A feather-edged teaspoon, by Edward Sawyer, Birmingham 1776, initialled {MD}. Price: £52.00 |
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An Old English pattern teaspoon, by Richard Jenkins Exeter circa 1790 , crested for the Mydhope family of Yorkshire and initialled on the reverse {XON} . Price: £50.00 |
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A George III Hanoverian pattern teaspoon with chased decoration, London circa 1760 . Price: £50.00 |
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A feather-edge teaspoon with shoulders, by David Edmond of Edinburgh circa 1775, initialled {AG} . Price: £50.00 |
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A feather-edge teaspoon with shoulders, by David Edmond of Edinburgh circa 1775, initialled {AG} . Price: £50.00 |
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A feather-edge teaspoon with shoulders, by James Hewitt of Edinburgh circa 1775, initialled {AG} . Price: £50.00 |
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A Celtic point teaspoon, by John Shiels Dublin circa 1790, initialled {EMM} . Price: £49.00 |
5880 |
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A Victorian fiddle pattern teaspoon, by Emidio Critien Malta 1856, engraved with the crest and motto of the Ireland family above the initials WKI for Captain Wynder Kelly Ireland RN (1826-1856). Captain Wynder Kelly Ireland RN (1828-1856) was the son of Captain Richard Ireland CB of the British Army. He was born at Roscommon in Ireland and entered the Royal Navy as a Gentleman's Cadet with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant on 17th December 1844 and, having spent 3 months at the Royal Naval College. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in 1848 and served on several ships before being posted to the Baltic in 1854. His Naval record (a copy of which is available with this spoon) shows that he 'served in the Black Sea [aboard H.M.S. Hannibal], from November 1854 to April 1855. Engaged in the nightly attacks against the sea batteries of Sebastopol.. [and] served [aboard H.M.S. Gladiator] in the Flying Squadron under the Command of Sir H. Stewart at the atttack and capture of the forts on Kinburn Spit in October 1855' as well as in the Blockade of Odessa. He was promoted to Captain on 22nd March 1856 and returned to Portsmouth via the Mediterranean where both H. M. S. Hannibal and H. M. S. Gladiator are recorded after the Crimean War. He died of apoplexy on 17th December 1856. |
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A George III feather edge and cartouche (Carrington Shield) pattern teaspoon, London circa 1780, initialled {JT} . 2 spoons available |
7412 |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon, by William Whitecross Aberdeen circa 1825, initialled {JHM} . Price: £48.00 |
6794 |
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A feather-edge-and-cartouche (Carrington Shield) pattern teaspoon, circa 1790 marked with a lion passant only. Price: £48.00 2 spoons available |
4922 |
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A bright-cut coffee spoon, by George Adams London 1872, with {JCB} in a monogram. Price: £48.00 |
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A George IV Fiddle pattern teaspoon, by John Coakley Chester 1829, initialled {RED} . 2 spoons available |
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An Old English pattern teaspoon with beaded borders, by Hester Bateman London circa 1780, crested with a deer . 4 spoons available |
7377 |
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A George III Old English pattern teaspoon with feather-edge border, by Hester Bateman London circa 1770, initialled {B [over] I E} . 4 spoons available |
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A George III Old English pattern teaspoon with a shell back, by Thomas Eustace Exeter circa 1780, initialled {JES} . Price: £45.00 |
7314 |
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An Old English salt shovel, by Samuel Godbehere and Edward Wigan London 1789. Price: £45.00 |
4520 |
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A brightcut fiddle pattern teaspoon, London 1791 by William Sumner II. Price: £45.00 |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon, London 1848 by George Jamieson of Aberdeen (with additional ABDn mark). Price: £45.00 |
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A Scottish fiddle pattern teaspoon by RC (maker's mark only) probably for Robert Clark, Edinburgh circa 1765. Price: £44.00 |
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A George III Old English Thread pattern large teaspoon/small dessertspoon, by Richard Crossley London 1791 . Price: £42.00 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon, by John Clayton London circa 1745, crested with a wolf's head out of a coronet. Price: £42.00 2 single spoons available (NOTE: with the pair SN 5120 there are 4 spoons in total) |
5118 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon by Thomas Tookey London circa 1775, initialled {SF}. Price: £40.00 |
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A shellback teaspoon by John Montgomery(?), London 1740 or circa initialled{IG} over {MG}. Price: £40.00 |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon with bright-cut decoration and without shoulders , by William Eley, London 1796, initialled {JMC}. Price: £39.00 4 spoons available |
4394 |
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A fiddle, thread and shell teaspoon, by Walker and Tolhurst London 1895, crested with an arm embowed in armour holding a spear, all between two dragon's wings. Price: £38.00 |
6596 |
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A fiddle, thread and shell teaspoon, by Walker and Tolhurst London 1893, crested with an arm embowed in armour holding a spear, all between two dragon's wings . Price: £38.00 |
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A bright-cut Celtic point teaspoon, Dublin circa 1800 by J.S (probably John Shiels) . Price: £38.00 |
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A bright-cut Celtic point teaspoon, Dublin circa 1800 by John Pittar, initialled {MW} . Price: £38.00 |
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An Old English teaspoon with characteristic Channel Islands bright-cutting, by William Bateman London 1825, initialled {H.L.P.} on the reverse of the stem and {FELL C} in the cartouche. Price: £38.00 |
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An Old English teaspoon, by Jonas Osborne Dublin c. 1800, initialled {M [over] TG} . Price: £38.00 |
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A brightcut Celtic point teaspoon, Dublin circa 1795 by John Daly, initialled {ECS} . Price: £38 .00 |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon by Patrick Leonard Chester 1842, initialled {WSB}. Price: ![]() |
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A brightcut teaspoon, by Hester Bateman London 1784, the reverse is initialled {JF} incuse on the back. Price: ![]() |
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A feather-edged teaspoon by Thomas Tookey of London circa 1780, initialled {MS}. Price: ![]() |
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An hourglass pattern teaspoon, by William Eley and William Fearn London 1807,initialled {J} on the front and {J} beneath the crest of Johnston on the back . Price: ![]() |
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A George V Fiddle pattern silver teaspoon engraved PILGRIM, by the Martin, Hall and Company Sheffield 1928 . Price: ![]() |
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A large George III Fiddle pattern teaspoon, marked Sterling (indicating manufacture in Cork) circa 1810, initialled {PN [over} J} . Price: £35.00 |
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A George II Hanoverian teaspoon with skeletal drop, by George Hindmarsh London 1739-1755, initialled {RP} . Price: £35.00 |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon with shell back, London 1782 by TW — probably for Thomas Wallis, initialled {G} over {IC}. Price: £35.00 2 spoons available |
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A Hanoverian Celtic point teaspoon with double beaded border, by George Adams London 1876, initialled {N}. Price: £35.00 2 spoons available |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon, by William Jamieson Aberdeen circa 1830, initialled {SCR}. Price: £35.00 |
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A feather-edge teaspoon, by Elizabeth Tookey London circa 1775, initialled {EH}. Price: ![]() |
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A feather-edge teaspoon, struck with maker's mark IS - attributable to James Scott of Dublin circa 1800, initialled CW. Price: £35.00 4 spoons available in total |
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A Hanoverian shellback teaspoon maker's mark struck half-off spoon, London 1782. Price: £35.00 |
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A George II Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London circa 1730, crested with a goat's head out of a coronet . Price: £34.00 |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon, by Barber and North York 1827, initialled {JM} . Price: ![]() |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon, by George Adams London 1846, crested with a leopard's head within a flower. Price: £32.00 |
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A George III Old English pattern teaspoon with bright-cut engraving, by Daniel Urquhart and Napthali Hart London 1792, initialled {EJ} . 2 spoons available |
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A George III Old English pattern teaspoon, by (Sir) Edward Thomasson Birmingham 1816, initialled {C [over] TE} . 4 spoons available Sir Edward Thomasson (c. 1769-1849) was the son of a bucklemaker but apprenticed to Matthew Boulton (1728-1809). He took over his father's business around 1793 and greatly expanded the range and scale of goods he produced. In addition to his business career he served as High Bailiff of Birmingham in 1818 and Vice-Consul for the town of Birmingham for the governments of Russia, France, Prussia, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Sweden and Norway and received Orders of Chivalry from these and other nations. He received his British knighthood in 1832. |
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An Old English pattern teaspoon, by John Adams of Exeter circa 1790, initialled {W}. Price: ![]() |
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A George III Old English pattern teaspoon by Peter and William Bateman London 1814, initialled {TM}. 2 spoons available |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon with no shoulders and an engraved border, by William Eley and William Fearn London 1797, initialled {SE} . Price: £28.00 |
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A half fiddle feather-edge teaspoon, probably by William Tant of London circa 1765, initialled {C}. Price: £28.00 |
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An Old English teaspoon, by John Adams of Exeter circa 1790 crested with feathers out of a coronet.. Price: ![]() |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon, by Thomas Tookey London circa 1760. Price: £28.00 |
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A bright-cut teaspoon, by George Giles (overstriking Peter and Ann Bateman) London 1796, initialled {CE}. Price: ![]() |
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A shellback Hanoverian teaspoon maker's mark overstruck by sterling lion, scratch initials HW . Price: £28.00 |
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A fiddle pattern mustard spoon, by William Traies London 1825, initialled {RSG}. Price: £27.00 |
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A bright-cut teaspoon, London 1787 by Thomas Wallis (using a mark he went on to register in 1792), initialled {H}. Price: £26.00 3 spoons available |
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A George III Old English pattern teaspoon with bright-cut decoration, by Richard Crossley London 1796, initialled {E} . 5 single spoons available |
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A George III Old English pattern teaspoon with bright-cut decoration, London 1794 by George Gray overstriking another (probably the Batemans), initialled {MD} . Price: £25.00 3 spoons available |
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A shellback teaspoon by Benjamin Cartwright, London circa 1760. Price: £25.00 |
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A George III fiddle pattern teaspoon, by Samuel Neville Dublin circa 1805, engraved with the crest and motto of Hanmer . |
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An Old English teaspoon, London 1802 by Solomon Hougham. Price: £25.00 2 spoons available |
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A fiddle pattern teaspoon, London 1882 by George Adams. Price: ![]() |
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A Victorian fiddle pattern eggspoon, by Williams Brothers Exeter 1862 . Price: ![]() |
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A fiddle thread teaspoon, by William Sumner London 1790, crested for Fowke . Price: £24.00 |
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A brightcut teaspoon, London 1796 probably by Peter and Ann Bateman, initialled {HH}. Price: £24.00 |
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A George V Art Nouveau teaspoon, by John Round Sheffield 1919, initialled {SGC}. Price: ![]() |
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A George III Old English teaspoon, by Jonas Osborne London circa 1770 . 2 spoons available |
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A bright-cut teaspoon by George Gray overstriking another (probably Peter, Ann and William Bateman) London 1804. The combination of the Duty Mark and the date letter on this piece show that it was assayed between 30th May and 10th October 1804. |
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A George III bright-cut teaspoon, by George Gray London 1801 . Price: £22.00 3 spoons available |
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A Hanoverian teaspoon by HB, perhaps Henry Bickerton, London circa 1765 initialled {AC}. Price: £22.00 |
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An Old English teaspoon, by George Smith London 1789, crested for Fowke . Price: £19.00 |
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An Old English teaspoon with wrigglework borders, London circa 1780, crested for Fowke . Price: ![]() |
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An Old English teaspoon, by Richard Ferris, Exeter circa 1800, initialled {JAH}. Price: £17.50 2 spoons available |
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