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Georgian Silver Table Spoons

If you weren’t born with a silver spoon (in your mouth) you can always just make up for it now. Although it is probably terribly vulgar to cram a table spoon into your mouth!

There is something very nice about silver cutlery and particularly spoons, the softness of silver next to steel and the feel of it in the hand is somehow completely different. These tablespoons all date to the Georgian period – the individual dates are listed below.

There are various bits of terminology that specifically relate to the form of cutlery ends (Hanoverian, Dog Nose, Rat Tail etc) and where possible I have used this.

Spoon 1:
Hanoverian pattern. 75.1g. Engraved initials HH. Dublin hallmark. 1750. Maker AR (probably Alexander Richards) Britannia Silver. 20.7cm x 4.5cm

Spoon 2:
Old English pattern. 58.9g. Engraved initial F. London hallmark. 1801-2. Maker’s mark WF in cameo with cut corners. 22.4cm x 4.5cm

Spoon 3.
54.4g. Dublin hallmark. 1767. Maker JP (John PIttar). Britannia Silver. 22.8cm x 4.3cm

Spoon 4.
Old English Pattern. 47.5g. Engraved initial H. London hallmark. 1797-98. Sterling silver. Some denting and creasing to the bowl of the spoon. Maker’s mark HS in a rectangular cameo. 20.8cm x 4.3cm

Spoon 5.
Hanoverian Pattern. 42.8g. Engraved star. London hallmark. 1743-44. Sterling silver. One dent to bowl of spoon. Maker’s mark script form J:W (probably James Wilks). Pair of spoon no. 7. 19.7cm x 4.2cm

Spoon 6.
Old English Pattern. 62.4g. Engraved initial H. London hallmark. 1799-1800. Sterling silver. Maker’s mark RC in rectangular cameo with cut corners. 22.1cm x 4.5cm

Spoon 7.
Hanoverian Pattern. 42.5g. Engraved star. London hallmark. 1743-44. Sterling silver. Small dent to bowl of spoon. Maker’s mark script form J:W (probably James Wilks). Pair of spoon no. 5. 19.7cm x 4.2cm

Spoon 8.
Hanoverian Pattern. 58g. Engraved initials TWE. London hallmark 1710-11. Britannia silver. 19.4cm x 4.3cm