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The Finial ISSN 1742-156X Volume 22/03 Where Sold 8.50 January/February 2012

The Silver Spoon Club OF GREAT BRITAIN 26 Burlington Arcade, Mayfair, London. W1J 0PU Tel: 020 7491 1720 Fax: 020 7491 1730 E-mail: silverspoonclub@bexfield.co.uk V.A.T. No. 658 1470 21 www.bexfield.co.uk/thefinial Hon. President: Anthony Dove F.S.A. Editor: Daniel Bexfield Volume 22/03 Photography: Matthew Raymond January/February 2012 CONTENTS Introduction 3 Two spoons by Michael Bodden 3 Exeter the first cycle 1701-1724 by Tim Kent 4 A provincial goldsmiths stock George Lowe I of Chester by Michael Baggott 6 What was it for? By Walter Brown 8 George Balsillie in Dundee by Jonathan & Laurence Joyce 9 John Lacey Hawkins spoonmaker & thief-taker by Trevor Downes 10 Feedback 12 Book: The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons by David Constable 14 Results for the Club Postal Auction 5 th January 2012 15 The Club Postal Auction 16 The next postal auction 35 Postal auction information 35 -o-o-o-o-o-o- COVER Set of 6 George II silver Masonic Picture-back Teaspoons. London c.1750 by Willliam Cripps And: The Postal Auction, Lot 115, page 29 -o-o-o-o-o-o- Yearly Subscription to The Finial UK - 39.00; Europe - 43.00; N. America - 47.00; Australia - 49.00 In PDF format by email - 30.00 (with hardcopy 15.00) -o-o-o-o-o-o- The Finial is the illustrated journal of The Silver Spoon Club of Great Britain Published by Daniel Bexfield Antiques 26 Burlington Arcade, Mayfair, London, W1J 0PU. Tel: 020 7491 1720 Fax: 020 7491 1730 Email: silverspoonclub@bexfield.co.uk All views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of The Finial..2.

Introduction On page 14 you will see Spoon Club member David Constable is about to publish his book on The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons and that he is offering a good discount for orders placed by 30 th April. I have been shown a draft copy and it looks really good, precisely laid out with superb photographs of the spoons and also with excellent detailed pictures of the finials and hallmarks. It is another must buy for the reference section for any good bookcase. As you are aware this issue has been late in production, which has been caused by several unforeseen occurrences here in the shop and at home with my daughter Annabel being ill, but all is well now. However, the Postal Auction is now going to be held on the Thursday 15 th March. For those of you sending items in for the following auction, it would be very helpful if they could be in as soon as possible as Matthew, who photographs all the spoons, is off for a couple of weeks in March. Best regards, Daniel -o-o-o-o-o-o- Two Spoons By Michael Bodden I was prompted to write this brief piece by the coincidence of purchasing two similar spoons, of the same date but by different makers, within a couple of days of each other. The result was that, when I had both in my hand in turn, I was taken by the contrast between them. Both spoons are Old English Thread and the basic details are as follows: 1. George Smith & William Fearn, 1787, weight 66g, length 217mm, bowl 77mm x 45mm. 2. Richard Crossley, 1787, weight 60g, length 220mm, bowl 75mm x 44mm. The George Smith & William Fearn spoon I obtained through the Club's Postal Auction; it was Lot 94 on 10 th February 2011 - see The Finial for January/February 2011. I paid 42.00 hammer price, so within the range estimated. The Crossley spoon I bought at more or less the same time through the internet at a hammer price of 32.00 Pickford notes that Thread is the commonest variant of Old English though curiously the example illustrated in Silver Flatware is a modern version by C J Vander. My Smith & Fearn example in the hand feels far superior to the Crossley example for reasons not clear to me. The weight difference of 6 grams, ten percent of the weight of the Crossley spoon, can certainly be felt but is there more? The two balance differently, the longer but lighter spoon balancing nearer the middle of the stem but the heavier shorter spoon a centimetre or two towards the bowl. The construction of both is otherwise similar, the drops being virtually identical, as are the dimensions of the stems. I gather from Pickford that Smith & Fearn were apprenticed together and given that they and Crossley were working at the same time in the same area and in the same trade, almost certainly knew each other and each other s work. Perhaps unreasonably on the basis of this single comparison I now feel myself firmly in the Smith/Fearn faction and quite cool towards Crossley! Presumably they were business rivals but did this extend to any social rivalry? Perhaps other members have light to shed on this - if so I would be interested to learn more. -o-o-o-o-o-o-.3.

Exeter The First Cycle 1701 1724 By Tim Kent, F.S.A. Please go to our Order Form to purchase a complete copy of this Finial (Taking note of the issue number first).4.

Fig. 2 shows the full marks for 1701, which would have applied down to 6 th August 1702,when the second year of Assay commenced. Date-letters A and B appear in a shaped shield (as shown), thereafter the shield is plain. In addition to the 1701 marks, the maker s mark presumed to be the first mark of Edward Sweet of Dunster and among the missing 23, as the die-struck decoration is from the same dies as those used by Edward prior to 1701 on spoons bearing his ES mark. Some element of doubt must remain as dies were shared by the family, and Richard Sweet of Chard, Richard of Honiton, and Mary of Crewkerne were all active. Fig. 3 allows no doubt, as this is the mark entered by Edward Sweet of Dunster in December 1704 and impressed on the second leaf in the minute book. Fig. 4 shows an excellent impression of the mark of Peter Jouet, which he entered on 21 st May 1706 (within the assay year 1705-6). He had come to Exeter from London to work for John Avery (who had not signed the Elston Agreement), and after Avery s death married his widow Edith. They moved to Topsham and later to London. Surviving family wills tell the whole story. Fig. 5 is hallmarked 1718 and is one of the rare spatulate spoons produced by Edward of Dunster: once again it bears his 1704 mark. The late Arthur Grimwade, on seeing the spoon, declared the marks to be documentary", a comment which must apply to all the marks shown on this group of spoons. The great fascination is that we are told who made the dies. Acknowledgement My thanks to Robyn Mercer of J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd. for her help with text and photographs. -o-o-o-o-o-o-.5.

A Provincial Goldsmiths Stock George Lowe I of Chester By Michael Baggott Recently I have been fortunate enough to be given the kind permission of a private collector to copy some ephemera which pertains to silversmiths, the most interesting of which, is the Stock List prepared by George Lowe on 1st January 1794, I have reproduced below. However, sadly, nothing is straightforward and caveats do apply. All the pages were detached from a larger ledger (the first day book noted in Ridgway) with much crossing out, overwriting and, more importantly, damage to the edges of the pages. I have copied out three pages which form the entry of the stock take in order but have slight reservations as the values, when added, do not correspond with the totals of the last page. It may be that some deductions from another missing page have been lost, though even in its incomplete form I hope the individual pages prove a fascinating insight into the business conducted by Lowe in his early years. It is clearly shown in the day books that Lowe bought in, rather than manufactured, a great deal of silver and his stock list clearly shows that the day to day business of the shop in Watergate Street would have been for those essential (if somewhat luxurious) personal necessities required by every well presented Chester Lady or Gentleman. The toys of pencils and notecases, fruit knives, umbrellas, razors, spurs and buckles (especially buckles) are the mainstay of such a business, with watches and their associated chains and seals making up the other great part of their clients purchases. Very little silver appears to have been held in stock with larger orders probably sent straight to London to be fulfilled by firms such as the Batemans. It is also worthwhile to note the larger number of Common items held in stock showing that Lowe s clientele may, for the larger part, have been of more modest means. Note: The two images show extracts from the pages. Where the pages are damaged and part of an entry is absent an asterisk marks the omission. Period spelling and terms have been kept..6.

George Lowe of Chester: January 1 1794 Stock Taken: -S-D plated knee buckles 4-10-10 black knee ditto 1-7-0 plated shoe buckles 42-0-0 Common buckles 15-17-0 Black Shoe ditto 9-8-6 Goods from Baker & Brettell ----------------------unpacked 20-19-11 Combs 7-10-0 Thimbles 1-8-10 Black Lead Pencils 4-14-0 Common Sleeve Buttons & Gilt 3-5-0 Watch Kets & Sales Gilt & Common, Hooks etc 15-4-0 Common & plated shoe clasps 1-14-6 Sheffield Cutlery Goods 58-18 Mens Watch Chains Steel 3-16-6 Ladies Chains 5-5-0 Ditto Gilt (stk fings) 1-16-0 Fine & Common Scissors 11-6-4 Fine & Common pen & pockett knives 21-10-6 Table Knives & Forks, Carvers etc 18-0-0 Raisors 1-5-4 Silver Fruit Knives 3-0-0 Knife Cases 3-17-0 Snuffers & Pans 3-0-0 Shugar Nippers & Nale Nippers 0-19-0 Plated Spurs (steel Sp 5/-) 4-6-6 Gold Seales & Ballances 14-10-0 Sticks & Ferrils 3-1-0 Dials & Pinnions 4-0-0 Umbrelas Caps & Runners (12/-) 8-12-0 Bottle Slides & Caddies( 1) 2-10-* Castors 2-*-* Tea Urns 6-*-* Paper Treys ( 14.3.9) Iron Ditto (11.5.10) 29-*-* Hat Covers Aprons & Bonnett Covers 6-*-* Sundries 17-*-* Watch Glasses & Materials 7-*-* Pendants 7-*-* Smelling Bottles 5-*-* Inkpots *-*-* (next page) Ditto Knees Common Buckles, pr steel etc 24-5-* Plated Shoe buckles & Knee Buckles 10-*-* Gold Rings 39 9-7-6 Black Buckles 6-6-8 Snuff Boxes(crossed out) 7 bows 7 1-15-0 Tea Trays & Waiters 23-16-6 Caddies Snuffer pans & Bottle Slides & Candlesticks (crossed out) Time Piece 3-0-0 Clock Case 1-8-0 Watch Glasses & Materials & etc (8 groce at 14/- 5-12 Materials 5-2-6) 10-14-6 Pendants 9-19-0 Spurs & Spur Leathers (53 prs) 10-4-11 Clock & Clock Works (pinnions 3doz) 2-2-0 Combs Fine & Common 8-8-0 Watch Chains Gilt &Steel mettal & Gilt & Plated Buttons (all crossed out) 30-0-0 Oil Cases Skeets 1-11-16 Silver Thimbles (6doz 4) 3-2-6 Black Lead Pencils 7-3-0 Gilt Chains & Seals & Keys (ladies & Gents) 18-10- 0 Steel ditto 9-6-10 Gilt & Perl buttons & Studs etc 2-5-10 Steel Snuffers Nippers (ink pots 67) 10-7-6 Ivory Toys etc 4-12-0 Smelling Bottles 4-1-0 Neck Chains & Locketts Gilt (included in the Jewellery) Pockett Book, Thread Cases, purses etc 16-3-8 Ivory & Shell TP cases (in jewellery drawn) Silver Pencil cases 5-5-0 Travelling Knife, Fork & spoon (12/6 15/6) 1-8-0 Snuff Boxes 2-14-6 Gold Seals & Ballances 11-7-0 Gold Lemmel (?) Cutting Fine Gold & Old Gold 18-19-6 Miniature & Lockett Glasses & Cases 5-6-0 Sundries 22-16-10 Goods form Baker & Brettell 2-0-0 Tools Files etc 8-6 Old Plate silver in workshop Silver Lace 39-17-0 (next page) ********Silver Lace 2-*-* Uncertain Silver 63oz 4/9 15-15-0 Silver Lace & Old SIlver 8-11-0 Sundries 15-1-0 Old Gold & Silver 3-3-0 Earrings 14-2-0 Ballances from Ormskirk 3-6-0 Goods from Walsall 11-11-5 Tea Urns 7-13-6 Knife Cases 5-0-0 Caps & Runners 0-12-0 Bottle Stands 1-12-0 Watch Galsses 6-5-0 Pocket Books & Purses 5-15-0 Gold Rings 9-17-6 Gold Seals 15-6-0 Gold Keys 2-16-0 Silver Pencil cases 2-16-0 Sundries 7-6-6 Plated Goods 26-5-0 Tea Trays & waiters 20-8-0 Watches 44-8-0 Time Piece 3-3-0 Smelling Bottles 4-2-0 Plate 142-16-0 Fruit Knives 2-16-6 Sundries 18-15-8 Tooth Picks & cases -18-6 Silver Shoe Buckles 28-0-0 ditto Knees Buckles 3-13-0 Common Snuff Boxes 3-0-0 Skeets 0-12-0 Clock work 20-6-9 806-5-1 Umbrellas 10-6-0 Bows 6-4-0 Light Gold 3-15-0 Cash in hand 80-0-6 Suse ladle 0-18-0 Fine Gold 0-5-0 Watch 2-2-0 Snuffer Trays 0-11-0 10 pr Scissors 0-8-0 Stamps 2-0-0 Household Goods 65-0-0 1032-12-0 -o-o-o-o-o-o-.7.

What Was It For? By Walter Brown The piece illustrated in the photographs below (at virtually life-size actually 69mm long overall) bears the maker s mark of Cornelius Joshua Vanderpump ( J.V in an oval punch), trading as C. J. Vander, together with London Hallmarks for 1890/91. It comprises a small size salt spoon of more or less conventional type, on top of which is attached, via a pivot, an even smaller spoon with a round pierced bowl and vestigial rattail. By squeezing the two handles together the bowls come apart and obviously the piece must have been used for straining something, but what and how? In addition to the hallmarks, the solid bowl also carries a design registration mark, number 144213, followed by the date 1890, so a visit to the National Archives at Kew was called for. Unfortunately this did not get me much further; indeed I did not really expect it to do so since, unlike a patent registration, a design registration seldom gives details of the method of construction or purpose of an object. The register file BT 51/58 confirmed that the design was registered by Cornelius Joshua Vanderpump, of 17 Lisle Street, Leicester Square, Silversmith, on 15 February 1890. Unfortunately, whilst the representation file BT 50/133 had a marked space for a drawing of the piece, this had clearly been torn out and a pencilled comment added R 110 4/4/54. The staff of the National Archives said they had no idea what the pencilled comment meant. I suggested removed on 4 April 1954, but the significance of 110 meant nothing to me. Anyway, they could not help and said there was no way to trace the drawing (my offer of a photograph to replace it was refused with disdain!). As I said above, whilst entries in these files do not generally give detailed information on the purpose of a particular design, had the drawing been present it might at least have answered two questions which occurred to me: 1. Is this the piece as designed? I would have liked confirmation that it was not a later put together piece. 2. It appears to me that it would be much easier to handle if it had a spring to keep the bowls lightly in contact in normal circumstances and thus would require slight pressure to squeeze the handles together to part the bowls. I have to say that I can see no evidence of there ever having been a spring, and it would have had to be very small (and almost watchmaking) to have inserted one! So what was its purpose? -o-o-o-o-o-o- First Tuesday On the first Tuesday of every month, members and friends are welcome to join us for tea & coffee upstairs at 26 Burlington Arcade between 3.00pm and 6.00pm. Come and meet other members and discuss the latest topics in the Finial and any new ones you may have..8.

George Balsillie in Dundee By Jonathan Joyce & Laurence Joyce FSA Scot Although they are few in number, three items marked GB with either mitre marks or pot-of-lilies associated with Dundee are extremely interesting because of the similarity of these marks to items bearing JS and WC makers marks. These marks and their similarities have been discussed in previous articles (The Finial, Jan/Feb 2009; Mar/Apr 2010; Jul/Aug 2010). The three items are:- 1. An oar pattern teaspoon in the McManus, Dundee, marked GB with three pot-of-lilies (Fig. 1). 2. An oar pattern tablespoon in a private collection, marked GB with four notched mitres (Fig. 2). 3. A toddy ladle sold recently by Lyon & Turnbull, marked GB with three notched mitres (Fig. 3). Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Please go to our Order Form to purchase a complete copy of this Finial (Taking note of the issue number first).9.

John Lacey Hawkins Spoonmaker and Thief-taker By Trevor Downes John Lacey Hawkins was a character who is worthy of a little research as he was not your average spoonmaker. Apprenticed to Stephen Adams on the 5 th February 1794, he was a product of the Christ s Hospital, that great charity that supplied many of the Livery Companies with the most suitable apprentices to enter the various trades. Hawkins was granted his Freedom on the 4 th November 1801 and entered his first mark at the London Assay Office as a spoonmaker a year later on the 2 nd November 1802 from the address of 16, Angel Street, St Martin s-le-grand. He was to enter a further six versions of his mark, the last being entered on the 13 th September 1831. Hawkins differs from most spoonmakers of the period in so much as he only worked at his trade part-time, he likely spent his mornings working silver and the rest of his day as part of the night patrol in the early peace keeping force as a Marshalman of the City of London. Such a combination of roles may perhaps not be unique as the silversmith Abraham Barrier possibly performed similar duties at an earlier date. John Lacey Hawkins association with Stephen Adams, and no doubt with his son, continued after he had left the employ of his old Master. From Old Bailey trials we know that he continued to use the workshop of Adams, probably in return for his service as security for the firm. It is thought that it was not uncommon for constables to be on a retainer from silversmiths to be near to hand in the event of any trouble that may arise. The first appearance at the Old Bailey for Hawkins appears to be in 1806 where he gave evidence at two separate trials on the same day, the 19 th February. The first, where he is described as a constable who apprehended a thief stealing bags of seed from a warehouse, and, secondly, where he is also described as a constable, giving evidence regarding a stolen plated milk pot. Ten days later he was present at the Old Bailey again, on the 29 th February 1806, where he is described as a City Officer who had detained a pickpocket in Gracechurch Street. Hawkins continues to appear on numerous occasions at the Old Bailey, and quite likely at other courts such as the Guildhall and Bow Street during the period 1806-1831, but two appearances are of particular interest. On the 3 rd April 1811 he appeared at the Old Bailey giving evidence at the trial of William Nicholson, an apprentice of Stephen Adams who was found guilty of grand larceny and transported. This trial shows that Hawkins used the facilities at Adams workshop and contains other interesting details, but undoubtedly Hawkins finest hour on the centre stage was on the 17 th February 1813. On the 16 th October 1812 a raiding party from Goldsmiths Hall entered the Bell Savage Yard premises of George Wintle (details of the raid and ensuing trial are fairly well known and too long to be repeated here). The trial reveals that it was perhaps John Lacey Hawkins, who was no doubt included for his dual role as peace officer and expert witness, who led the raiding party and executed the warrant prior to securing George Wintle and that great pariah of the trade, his son James. If the above was the high point in Hawkins career as a Marshalman, then 1818 was to prove the low point. Following a crackdown on brothels and bawdy houses in the City an attempt was made by the Marshals to close down a public house known as the Thatched House in Field Lane. When Hawkins became aware of the forthcoming closure he spoke up for the landlord and denied that the house was a problem one. This intervention by Hawkins appears to have raised suspicions amongst the Marshals that he may have had an interest in keeping the house open. It was also thought that he had dissuaded other Marshalmen from arresting thieves known to have frequented the property. Hawkins was dismissed from the service, but within a very short time appears to have been reinstated..10.

Trouble again reared its head for John Lacey Hawkins in 1825. He was on duty attending the Lord Mayor at the laying of the foundation stone for the new London Bridge, a large crowd assembled to witness the event. Hawkins, by a witness account, appears to have gone berserk whilst attempting to move back the crowd. A letter, published in The Times on Saturday 18 th June 1825 reads thus: Sir:- I feel extremely sorry to have to complain against the conduct of any officer connected with the City of London; The facts I give you; and I trust, by your giving it insertion in your valuable paper, it may be the means of preventing a similar occurrence. On the day on which the new foundation stone was laid for the new London Bridge, I happened to be near the Mansion House; Accordingly I went to view the procession, and you and the public, I'm sure, will be astonished, when I state, that a man with a staff in one hand, and a horsewhip in his other, was lashing male and female indiscriminately. I, amongst hundreds of others, expressed my disapprobation of such conduct, when I was immediately seized by a man (whose name I have since ascertained to be Hawkins, a Marshalmen) by the collar, threatened to be taken to the Compter; he also struck at me several times with his cane over my head, and, finally, put it into my side, and swore he would send it through me. The man (Hawkins) was much intoxicated. I trust such conduct on the part of a city servant will not go unnoticed. - Your very obedient servant, a constant reader. Following the somewhat surprising publication of this letter, John Lacey Hawkins issued a writ against The Times for libel, the case was heard at the Old Bailey in September 1825, but he was not to be successful. Part of the report published in The Morning Post of the 26 th September 1825 reads:...the Recorder here addressed the jury, and said that there was no doubt this was a most scandalous libel on the City Marshalmen, in accusing him of being drunk and unfit for his duty; also for using violence without any occasion; however there was no proof who the author was, and of course the defendant was entitled to an acquittal. The jury instantly pronounced the defendant Not Guilty. Another small, but surprising detail, for a part-time silversmith, is that John Lacey Hawkins is noted as having taken an apprentice, taking Andrew Main for a term of seven years as from November 1822 for a fee of 60. No, John Lacey Hawkins was not your average spoonmaker. -o-o-o-o-o-o- For enquiries please contact Alexis Butcher Tel: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 270799 Email: alex.butcher@lawrences.co.uk Mobile: 07772 503 144 Lawrences Auctioneers, The Linen Yard, South Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8AB www.lawrences.co.uk.11.

Feedback Paul Holmes writes in response to Richard Turner s piece on Sinister Assay Marking: Amongst my collection of bright-cut teaspoons there are a number struck with the bowl held in the right hand, three by George Smith, c.1780, two of which have the maker s mark upside down, Charles Hougham, 1782, with the maker s mark upside down, three by William Smith, 1784/5, one with the maker s mark upside down and one by Langlands & Robertson, 1784/5 with the maker s mark at right angles. All my Exeter teaspoons are also punched with the left hand. Once the marks run at right angles to the stem the horizontal lion passant suggests the teaspoon to have been punched by the right hand though upside down or vertical maker s marks continue to be quite common, George Gray 1787 or Godbehere, Wigan & Bult 1800. I have a pair of teaspoons by William Sumner, 1783, where one is punched with the bowl to the left and the other with the bowl to the right! Could it be that teaspoons were such run of the mill articles that the assay marking was sometimes rattled through or that they are such light objects that it made little difference how the spoon was held? Paul Holmes also writes: David Whitbread s article on A Few Early Ladles and Strainers (The Finial, Sep/Oct 11, pages 16 & 17) was of great interest to me with his discussion about lemon strainers. Derrick Chivers, husband of Cathy to whom I am indebted for my pursuit of communion spoons, recently alerted me to an unusual strainer spoon at St Olave s church Southwark 1. Of course this church no longer exists but its spoon had all the hallmarks of David s lemon strainer in Fig. 2. The St Olave s spoon from the Surrey Archaeological article Three similar strainer spoons have so far been tracked down in London churches, St Alban Wood Street, now in the City of London Museum, the Chapel of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea and St Margaret s Westminster. They all have rounded bowls, much deeper than the usual strainer spoons, and pierced all over with rounded holes, unlike many other strainer spoons where only half the bowl is pierced. Three of these have hollow rounded stems as in David s examples, whilst St Margaret s has a cannon-handled stem. They do not have the clip at the end of the bowl as in Figures 3a & 3b, but the real interest for me was the ring at the far end of their stems. Did the spoon hang up in the kitchen or, in the case of communion spoons, in the vestry? In length all four spoons approximate to the Woolley & Wallis examples at 14.5cm, 16.3cm, 17.4cm & 21cm. It would be good to hear if anymore of these strainer spoons/lemon strainers exist? Charles Oman 2 comments however that this type of design did not really catch on. 1. The Revd T S COOPER, MA, FSA, in Vol XV of the Surrey Archaeological Society Collections 1900, pp142-3 & p244. 2. Charles OMAN, English Church Plate, 597-1830, OUP, 1957, p253 -o-o-o-o-o-o- Contributions: Just a reminder that The Finial is your forum. If you are thinking of writing an article, can answer a query, need help identifying a hallmark or have a question or comment, please send it in..12.

Mark Nevard emails some feedback for the last issue of The Finial: David McKinley s excellent article (pages 14 & 15) on the actions of the Mint to attract silver from owners of wrought plate helpfully and correctly converts the 5/- per ounce value to 25 pence in modern coinage for the less elderly reader. It should perhaps be explained in this context that the inducement of 4 pence also needs to be converted to its modern equivalent of 1.67 new pence to show the extent of the supplement in percentage terms. Thus, in either old or modern terms, the percentage extra paid was not 4 pence on 25 pence, i.e. 16%, but 4 pence on 60 old pence (with twelve pence to the shilling) or 1.67 on 25 new pence, i.e.6.33%. It had always seemed to me that this inducement was not particularly generous, but with the explanation that tax could be paid by forfeiting silver at this higher rate I can see the attraction. Following Richard Turner s article (page 13) I have had a quick look at my bottom marked London spoons and can add two 1766, one 1759, one 1769 to his list of those struck in his presumed left handed way, without myself taking a view on the theory. I can, however, say that the maker s mark is much more variable, from the precision striking of Nicholas Hearnden, whether square across or along the stem and either way up, but always exactly square or parallel, to the haphazard striking of Stephen Adams in any position and at any angle to the work. In my view the maker s mark cannot be taken as evidence of left handed working. On James Baldwin s paper (pages 10 to 12) regarding the Jensen designs he refers to the Magnolia Blossom which I agree is one of his finest but sensibly James does not recommend it for the basis of a service. From memory it is over twice the price of other patterns when new because of the amount of hand work involved and consequently few odd pieces of the basic knife, fork or spoon come on the market. However, what does appear is the pattern shown at its best on individual pieces such as small ladles and butter knives. These are a delight to use alone or with plain services of Old English or Jensen s other patterns without conflict and are to me the perfect way to have a useable piece of his flatware. -o-o-o-o-o-o- Alexander Callan writes: I was very interested to see Lot 79 in the last postal auction, the pair of Queen Anne Dognose dessert spoons, 1707, by Thomas Sadler. I have an identical pair with the same crest on them, which I purchased over 30 years ago in an antique shop in Guildford. I have always believed them to be child s spoons, so I was interested that you described them as dessert spoons. I wonder if other members have seen similar size spoons of this type and I would be very intrigued if any other member has matching spoons of this set. (It can be a bit of a moot point defining the difference between a child s spoon and a dessert spoon, especially of this age. But there were two and therefore I felt comfortable describing them as such, and bearing in mind, what is the likelihood of two matching child spoons staying together? I would say slim. And now that your ones have come to light, confirms my thoughts. It will be interesting to see what others have to say. - Ed.) -o-o-o-o-o-o- Fly Me To The Spoon Austrian flight attendant Dieter Kapsch shows off some of the 1,760 spoons he has collected from 447 airlines. And the 38-yearold, who began collecting 13 years ago, isn t finished yet. I hope there will be some more coming, he says. Taken from Hello Magazine, 8 th November 2010.13.

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Results for the Club Postal Auction 5 th January 2012 Please note that the results price does not include the 10% buyer s premium. Lot Reserve Bids received Result 2. 20 20; 23 21.50 5. 15 18 16.50 6. 8 23 15.50 8. 7 8 7.50 9. 18 18 18.00 10. 18 18 18.00 11. 15 15 15.00 13. 15 25 20.00 14. 15 15; 21; 22; 25 23.50 16. 20 35 27.50 18. 20 20; 27; 28; 33 30.50 19. 20 20 20.00 20. 20 20; 26 23.00 22. 80 80 80.00 26. 190 200 195.00 28. 280 295 287.50 33. 12 12; 12; 17; 20; 21; 23 22.00 36. 12 12; 15 13.50 38. 12 12; 18 15.00 39. 22 45 33.50 41. 52 55; 65 60.00 42. 65 65 65.00 43. 32 32 32.00 45. 32 33; 38; 116 77.00 46. 34 34 34.00 47. 45 45 45.00 48. 58 58; 110 84.00 49. 185 230; 279; 348 313.50 50. 95 105 100.00 51. 100 125; 232; 248 240.00 53. 30 37 33.50 54. 30 35 32.50 55. 20 20; 25 22.50 56. 20 20 20.00 57. 20 20 20.00 58. 20 23 21.50 59. 35 48 41.50 60. 30 43; 56; 245 150.50 61. 35 136; 168 152.00 62. 30 30 30.00 65. 25 45 35.00 66. 25 32 28.50 67. 28 41; 51 46.00 69. 65 72; 90; 101 95.50 72. 70 80 75.00 73. 60 61; 68; 83; 90; 126; 176; 368 272.00 76. 120 188 154.00 77. 75. 103; 105; 130 117.50 78. 300 300 300.00 79. 100 102; 130; 150; 155; 180; 188; 214; 270 242.00 81. 60 85; 150 117.50 82. 200 207; 215 211.00 Lot Reserve Bids received Result 83. 70 96 83.00 84. 40 45 42.50 85. 40 47; 55; 95 75.00 86. 15 18; 21; 35 28.00 87. 58 67; 82; 85; 85 85.00 88. 35 52; 78 65.00 89. 40 47 43.50 90. 45 45 45.00 91. 65 105 85.00 92. 48 70; 71 70.50 93. 1500 1505; 1515; 1850; 2450; 3650 3050.00 94. 80 81; 83 82.00 98. 15 15; 22 18.50 99. 12 12 12.00 100. 12 12 12.00 101. 40 61 50.50 105. 35 42 38.50 106. 20 28 24.00 111. 110 115 112.50 113. 90 90 90.00 115 25 25 25.00 116. 22 29 25.50 117. 15 15 15.00 118. 15 15; 18; 19 18.50 119. 18 18 18.00 120. 18 18; 26 22.00 121. 18 20; 25 22.50 122. 70 72; 76; 128 102.00 123. 15 23; 34 28.50 124. 40 40 40.00 125. 70 71; 75 73.00 126. 30 30 30.00 128. 700 752 726.00 130. 80 86 83.00 131. 85 85; 127 106.00 133. 70 82; 85; 105 95.00 134. 30 30; 35; 37 36.00 135. 40 45 42.50 136. 150 193; 200 196.50 137. 45 46; 57; 115; 160 137.50 139. 145 170; 225 197.50 140. 110 145; 166 155.50 141. 130 155 142.50 142. 50 78 64.00 143. 20 20 20.00 144. 25 25; 35; 42 38.50 145. 25 26; 28; 60; 75; 91 83.00 146. 70 74; 79; 120; 125; 134 129.50 147. 8 9; 10 9.50 148. 8 26 17.00 149. 11 20 15.50 151. 78 80; 82; 83 82.50.15.

The Silver Spoon Club OF GREAT BRITAIN 26 Burlington Arcade, Mayfair, London. W1J 0PU Tel: 020 7491 1720 Fax: 020 7491 1730 E-mail: silverspoonclub@bexfield.co.uk V.A.T. No. 658 1470 21 www.bexfield.co.uk/thefinial POSTAL AUCTION (For members and subscribers only) To take place on Thursday 15 th March 2012 Your written, email or faxed bids are invited for the following lots bids to be with us, please, by no later than 12.00pm, on the day of sale. Please note that purchase prices are subject to a 10% buyers premium, plus VAT on the premium and 6.00 for U.K. postage & packing per consignment, see page 35 for details. Members are welcome to come and view the lots on offer at 26 Burlington Arcade (if you are making a special journey, please do check availability with us first to avoid disappointment). Lot 1 Lot 2 Lot 3 Lot 4 Lot 5 Lot 6 Please note: due to the weight of some books the postage, packing & insurance has been individually priced as opposed to the normal single cost of 6.00 per parcel, or, as always, they can be collected from Burlington Arcade. (Postage shown is within the UK, for overseas we can arrange separately). Lot Description Reserve 1. Catalogue: How of Edinburgh Woolley & Wallis, 30 th Oct. 2007. Paperback, pp 101. (Post 6.00). 15-25. 12 2. Catalogue: Spoons Phillips, 27 th June 1980. Paperback, pp 139. (Post 6.00). Est. 15-25. 12 3. Catalogue: The Alexander James Collection of Early English Silver Spoons Phillips, 9 th February 1979. Paperback, pp 103. Est. 15-25. 12 4. Catalogue: The Griffin Collection (Part 1) of Late 17 th Century London, Provincial & Scottish Silver Spoons Phillips, 24 th April 1997. Paperback, pp 26. Est. 15-25. 12 5. Booklet: Seventeenth Century Somerset Silver, Spoons & Goblets by Tim Kent. Paperback, 2004, pp 24. 20-30 12 6. Booklet: Early West Country Spoons, From the Corfield Collection, forward by Tim Kent. Paperback, pp 32. Est. 15-25. 12 Lot 7 Lot 8 Lot 9 Lot 10 7. Book: Charles Horner of Halifax, A celebration of his life and work by Tom J. Lawson. Hardback, DJ, 2002, pp 290. (Post 15.00). Est. 60-80. 55 8. Book: Corkscrews by Frank and Barbara Ellis. Hardback, DJ, 2009; pp 240. (Post 12.00). Est. 30-40. 25 9. Catalogue: The Griffin Collection Dreweatts, 3 rd June 2010. Paperback, pp 62. Est. 15-25. 10 10. Book: The Celtic Art of Iona, Drawings and Reproductions from Manuscripts of the Late Alex Ricchie of Iona And from The Iona Press of 1887 by Iain MacCormick. Paperback, 1994, pp 64. Est. 20-30. 15.16.

Lot Description Reserve 11. Pair of Newcastle silver Bright-cut pattern teaspoons, circa 1805 by George Murray. L-13.9cm; W-25g. ~ good bowls, marks and condition. Est. 25-45. 20 12. Royal Interest: George III silver Fiddle pattern sugar tongs, engraved with Princess Augusta Sophia s (2 nd daughter of King George III) crest, London 1818 by William Eley & William Fearn. L-15.1cm; W-42g. ~ good crest, gauge, marks and condition. Est. 150-250. 20 13. George III silver Bright-cut pattern sugar tongs, London 1803 by Peter, Ann & William Bateman. L-14cm; W-31g. ~ good decoration, marks and condition. Est. 30-50. 25 14. Continental silver tablespoon with some bright-cut decoration, and light engraving to back of stem, circa 1834 by CAM. L-23.2cm; W-55g. ~ good bowl, mark and condition. Est. 30-50. 20 15. Irish silver Rattail Fiddle pattern tablespoon, Dublin 1836 by C. Cummins. L-23.2cm; W-80g. ~ wear to bowl tip, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 45-65. 20 16. Irish silver Fiddle pattern tablespoon, Dublin 1821 by James Scott. L-22cm; W-68g. ~ minor wear to bowl, otherwise reasonable marks and condition. Est. 25-45. 25 17. George II silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1750 by Elizabeth Oldfield. L-20cm; W-53g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. 45-75. 30 18. Edwardian silver Ribbed Rattail Trefid spoon, Sheffield 1905 by GGR. L-17.1cm; W-38g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 25-45. 15 19. Set of 3 George III silver footman s buttons, circa 1770 by John Rich. D-2.5cm; W-14g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 60-120. 12.17.

Lot Description Reserve 20. Pair of Aberdeen silver Fiddle pattern tablespoons, by George Jamieson, with London Hallmarks for 1845 by S. Hayne & D. Cater. L-22.6cm W-143g. ~ good bowls, marks and condition. Est. 100-140. 80 21. Pair of Aberdeen silver Fiddle pattern dessert spoons, by Peter Gill, with Glasgow marks for 1821. L-17.9cm; W-70g. ~ good bowls, marks and condition. Est. 45-75. 30 22. Aberdeen silver Old English pattern teaspoon, circa 1800 by William Byres. L-13.3cm; W-12g. ~ minor wear to bowl tip, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 35-55. 30 23. Aberdeen silver Old English pattern teaspoon, circa 1800 by James Smith. L-12.7cm; W-10g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 35-55. 25 24. Provincial? Georgian silver Old English pattern dessert spoon, circa 1780, by I.S (bottom marked). L- 16.8cm; W-34g. ~ signs of initials, otherwise reasonable mark, good condition. Est. 50-60. 50 25. Aberdeen silver Old English pattern teaspoon, circa 1790 by James Gordon. L-13.5cm; W-13g. ~ good bowl, mark and condition. Est. 35-55. 30 26. Aberdeen silver Old English pattern sauce ladle, circa 1800 by James Erskine. L-15.8cm; W-28g. ~ minor soft knocks to bowl, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 90-120. 85 27. Set of 5 Irish silver Celtic-point pattern teaspoons, Dublin c.1800, no maker s mark. L-13.6cm; W-72g. ~ good bowls, marks and condition, shame there is only 5 spoons! Est. 60-80. 48 28. Silver Golf Club teaspoon, engraved Ross G.C. Jan 70, Birmingham 1970 by J.B.C&S. L-10.6cm; W-9g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 20-30. 8.18.

Lot Description Reserve 29. Victorian silver marrow scoop, London 1873 by George Adams. L-21.1cm; W-51g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 145-175. 125 30. George III silver tongue scraper, London 1804 by?t. L-12cm; W-15g. ~ unusual positioning of marks on the twist, good condition. Est. 160-220. 125 31. Pair of Victorian silver Grecian pattern egg spoons, London 1858 by George Adams. L-12cm; W-50g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 50-80. 20 32. Pair of Victorian silver Elizabethan pattern mustard/egg spoons, London 1874 by George Adams. L-11.7cm; W-48g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 70-120. 50 33. Pair of Victorian silver Paxton pattern egg spoons, London 1872 by George Adams. L-12.3cm; W-52g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 70-120. 50 34. Victorian silver Newton pattern teaspoon, London 1883 by J. Aldwinkle & J. Slater. L-14.4cm; W-39g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. 70-120 40 35. Victorian silver Newton pattern teaspoon, London 1880 by George Adams. L-14.3cm; W-34g. ~ with French import marks; good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. 70-120 40 36. Victorian silver Totem pattern child s/dessert spoon, handle: London 1851 by?c ; bowl London 1859 by GA. L-18.2cm. ~ I have no doubt the two parts have been together since 1859, very unusual pattern, good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 160-240. 100.19.

Lot Description Reserve 37. Victorian cast silver Figural/Two Cherubs pattern butter spade, London 1841 by Susanna Cook. L-17.5cm; W-114g. ~ Excellent weight & gauge, unusual pattern, good marks and condition. Est. 320-420. 270 38. Victorian silver Jubilee 1837-1897 pattern table fork, London 1900, by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. L- 18.9cm; W-71g. ~ unusual pattern, good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 100-140. 80 39. Victorian silver Lily pattern teaspoon, London 1884 by George Maudsley Jackson. L-14.8cm; W-28g. ~ maker s mark poorly struck, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 20-30. 15 40. George III silver Bright-cut pattern tea caddy shovel, Birmingham 1805 by Cocks & Bettridge. L-6cm; W-8g. ~ excellent marks and condition, a sweet spoon. Est. 100-175. 80 41. George III silver Old English pattern sauce ladle, with Scottish crest & motto, London 1803 by Peter, Ann & William Bateman. L-15cm; W-29g. ~ good crest, marks and condition. Est. 80-120. 65 42. Silver Princess No. 1 pattern teaspoon with Caberones Rifle Club crest, London 1910 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. L-014.3cm; W-30g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 30-40. 22 43. Silver & mother of pearl pocket fruit knife, Sheffield 1920 by William Neal. L-13.3cm (open). ~ good marks and condition. Est. 45-65. 40 44. Scottish silver Kings-Shape Shell pattern oversized caddy spoon!, possibly for sugar? Edinburgh 1843 by Edward Millidge. L-13.4cm; W-23g. ~ unusual; good marks and condition. Est. 80-140. 70.20.

Lot Description Reserve 45. Victorian silver Leaf-decorated Old English Bead pattern child s spoon & fork, London 1895 by William Hutton & Sons. L-14.6cm; W-59g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 45-77. 40 46. Victorian silver Unknown pattern christening fork, London 1862 by George Adams. L-15.8cm; W-34g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 30-50. 22 47. German sterling silver dessert spoon with crest for Nigeria, by Bruckmann. L-18.7cm; W-39g. ~ reasonable marks and condition. Est. 25-45. 22 48. Set of 6 silver Old English pattern tablespoons, Edinburgh 1781 by J. Hewitt. L-21.7cm; W-391g. ~ one bowl lip dented, otherwise good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 400-500. 380 49. Pair of George III silver Coburg pattern tablespoons, London 1818 by Paul Storr. L-22.3cm; W-214g. ~ good detail, gauge & weight, marks and condition. Est. 575-625. 560 50. William IV silver Queens pattern sauce ladle, London 1831 by Charles Boyton. L-18cm; W-106g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 80-120. 80 51. Victorian cast silver Apostle large sugar sifter spoon, London 1874 by Henry Holland. L-16.7cm; W-67g. ~ good weight, marks and condition. Est. 100-140. 90 52. Exeter silver marrow scoop, 1737, by James Strang. L-18cm; W-31g.~ reasonable marks, good cond. 300-400 280 53. George II silver marrow scoop, London 1745 by E. Bennett. L-21.6cm; W-43g. ~ bowl tip knocked, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 180-220. 180.21.

Lot Description Reserve 54. William & Mary silver Ribbed Rattail Trefid spoon, London 1692 by William Scarlett. L-19.1cm; W-38g. ~ bowl slightly reshaped and polished, otherwise reasonable marks and condition. Est. 340-400. 340 55. Queen Anne Britannia silver Rattail Trefid spoon, London 1700 by Francis Archbold. L-19.9cm; W-56g. ~ bowl reshaped and polished, otherwise reasonable marks and condition. Est. 280-340. 280 56. Exeter, Queen Anne silver Trefid spoon, with prick-dot MS over 1706, by T. Slater. L-18.8cm; W-34g. ~ bowl reshaped, otherwise good marks, reasonable condition. Est. 270-320. 260 57. Irish silver Hook-end pattern basting spoon, Dublin 1767 by Christopher Skinner. L-26.5cm; W-87g. ~ reasonable marks, good bowl and condition. Est. 280-360. 260 58. Dutch.835 silver Windmill tea caddy/sugar spoon, c.1930. L-10.6cm; W-12g ~ good marks & cond. 25-45 25 59. Edwardian silver-gilt Scorpio zodiac sign coffee spoon, Birmingham 1904 by Levi & Salaman. L-10.3cm; W-10g. ~ good gilding, marks and condition. Est. 25-35. 25 60. Bristol silver Old English pattern dessert spoon, by William Woodman, with Exeter marks for 1824. L- 17.5cm; W-29g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. 30-50. 30 61. Aberdeen silver Fiddle pattern dessert spoon, circa 1840 by James Berry. L-17.5cm; W-30g. ~ a little too polished, otherwise good bowl, marks and condition. Est. 45-65. 45 62. George III silver Old English pattern dessert spoon, London 1770 by William Turner?. L-17.2cm; W-38g. ~ maker s mark poorly struck, otherwise good bowl, marks and condition. Est. 35-65. 30.22.

Lot Description Reserve 63. French.950 silver Oar pattern teaspoon, circa 1860, by CL. L-13.1cm; W-12g. ~ needs a clean!, good bowl, marks and condition. Est. 20-30. 5 64. Pair of Scottish silver Scottish Kings Bastard pattern teaspoons, Glasgow 1849 by Robert Gray & Son. L- 14cm; W-35g. ~ wear to bowl tip, otherwise reasonable marks and condition. Est. 45-65. 40 65. Victorian silver child s spoon, engraved E. A. Bailey, Birmingham 1881 by Hilliard & Thomason. L-16.3cm; W-30g. ~ wear to bowl tip, otherwise reasonable marks and condition. Est. 35-40. 35 66. Chester silver Fiddle pattern teaspoon, 1827 by JC. L-14.2cm; W-18g. ~ knocks to bowl, otherwise reasonable marks and condition. Est. 30-40. 30 67. Pair of Scottish cast silver thistle coffee spoons, Edinburgh 1920/21 by HT. L-23g; W-23g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 40-50. 40 68. Jersey silver Fiddle pattern tablespoon, engraved AEAH, Le 18 Avril, 1830, circa 1830 by George Hamon. L- 22cm; W-56g. ~ reasonable marks and condition. Est. 110-125. 110 69. Scottish silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, Glasgow c.1760 by Adam Graham. L-21.4cm; W-72g. ~ good gauge, wear to marks, reasonable condition. Est. 80-100. 80 70. Silver British Empire Exhibition 1924 teaspoon, Birmingham 1923 by Levi & Salaman. L-11.2cm; W-12g. ~ wear to marks, otherwise good condition. 40 71. Pair of Scottish silver Celtic-point pattern teaspoons, Glasgow 1911 by Lawson & Co. L-13.1cm; W-27g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 35-40. 35.23.

Lot Description Reserve 72. George IV silver Fiddle pattern medicine teaspoon, London 1827 by William Eaton. L-14.4cm; W-26g. ~ probably converted from odd teaspoon, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 25-45. 25 73. Chester, George III silver Fiddle pattern set of 6 miniature teaspoons and sugar tongs, 1816, by George Lowe. L-6.5cm; W-22g. ~ a rare set; excellent marks and condition. Est. 180-280. 150 74. Pair of George I Britannia silver Ribbed Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoons, London 1717 by Nathaniel Roe. L-19.7cm; W-118g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 180-280. 150 75. Pair of Queen Anne Britannia silver Dognose Rattail pattern tablespoons, London 1711 by Seth Lofthouse. L-19.8cm; W-108g. ~ reasonable marks, good condition. Est. 200-300. 150 76. Pair of George I Britannia silver Hanoverian Short-Thread pattern tablespoons, London 1716 by Pierre Le Cheaube? L-18.5cm; W-74g. ~ wear to marks, otherwise good condition. Est. 180-280. 140 77. George III silver Scroll & Shell-back Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1761 by Benjamin Cartwright. L-20.4cm; W-57g. ~ good marks, shell & scroll and condition. Est. 80-120. 60 78. Jersey silver Ribbed Rattail Trefid spoon, circa 1730 by Thomas Mauger. L-18.9cm; W-33g. ~ good bowl, mark and condition. Est. 150-250. 80 79. William & Mary silver Ribbed Rattail Trefid spoon, London 1690 by WB below a coronet. L-19.6cm; W- 47g. ~ wear to bowl lip and date letter, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 200-300. 140 80. George II silver Shell-back mote spoon, London c.1740 by Richard Pargeter. L-13.5cm; W-9g. ~ excellent marks and condition. Est. 220-320. 170.24.

Lot Description Reserve 81. Pair of George I Britannia silver Ribbed Hanoverian Rattail pattern teaspoons, London c.1715 by Isaac Dalton. L-11.7cm; W-18g. ~ excellent marks and condition. Est. 80-120. 50 82. William III Britannia silver Ribbed Rattail Trefid child s spoon, London 1697 by Lawrence Coles. L- 15.9cm; W-23g. ~ readable marks, good condition. Est. 150-250. 80 83. George III silver Old English pattern tablespoon, with crest for 5 th Royal Enniskillen Dragoon Guards, Leicestershire Mess, London 1803 by W. Eley & W. Fearn. L-21.6cm; W-65g. ~ good marks & cond. 75-125 68 84. George II silver Scroll-back Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, London 1758 by Henry Bayley. L-21.6cm; W- 75g. ~ excellent scroll, marks and condition. Est. 120-160. 100 85. Irish silver Fiddle pattern tablespoon, Dublin c.1810 by William Law. L-23.6cm; W-53g. ~ only maker s mark struck twice (bottom marked); good marks and condition. Est. 70-120. 60 86. William III Britannia silver Lace-front & Back, Ribbed Rattail Trefid spoon, prick dotted S over I.M, London 1699 by Laurence Coles. L-19cm; W-42g. ~ wear to lace-back and Britannia mark, otherwise good lace-front, bowl, marks and condition. Est. 380-480. 320 87. Plymouth silver Bright-cut pattern tablespoon by William Pearce, with Exeter marks for 1795. L-23cm; W- 57g. ~ good decoration, bowl, marks and condition. Est. 100-140. 85 88. Birmingham, George III silver Kings-shape Reed & Ribbon pattern tablespoon, 1775, by Matthew Boulton & John Fothergill. L-21.6cm; W-61g. ~ bowl slightly reshaped, otherwise excellent marks, good condition. 175-275. 140.25.

Lot Description Reserve 89. Irish silver Star Bright-cut Celtic-point pattern tablespoon, Dublin 1795 by John Sheils. L-24.6cm; W-69g. ~ good decoration, bowl, marks and condition. Est. 100-145. 95 90. 17 th century Scandinavian silver Ball-knop spoon, engraved M.A.S, not marked, probably from Bergen c.1630. L-13.7cm; W-24g. ~ expected knocks to bowl, otherwise good condition. Est. 350-450. 300 91. York, set of 6 George III silver Old English pattern table forks, 1799, by Hampston, Prince & Cattles. L- 20.2cm; W-401g. ~ good gauge/weight, excellent marks and condition. Est. 800-1000. 700 92. Plymouth, George I silver Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, engraved J.L, A.R, 1724 by Joseph Collier, with Exeter marks for 1724. L-19.7cm; W-40g. ~ wear to marks, otherwise good condition. 125-175. 95 93. George III silver Old English pattern dessert spoon with later decoration, London 1773 by T?. L-17.3cm; W-36g. ~ considering it has later decoration, it is a pleasing spoon in good condition. Est. 30-40. 25 94. George II silver Mask-front Shell & Scroll-back pattern teaspoon, London c.1750 by T. L-11.5cm; W-18g. ~ some wear to marks, otherwise good gauge, bowl and condition. Est. 35-65. 15 95. George II silver Mask-front Scroll-back pattern teaspoon, London c.1750. L-12,2cm; W-16g. ~ old repair to stem, otherwise good condition. Est. 15-35. 15 96. Set of 3 silver Old English pattern dessert spoons, with Scottish crest & numbered 20,23&25, London 1795 by Peter & Ann Bateman. L-17cm; W-104g. ~ maker s mark lightly struck, good bowl, marks & cond. 100-150. 75 97. George I silver Ribbed Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, London 1725 by Edward Jennings. L-19.7cm; W-48g. ~ some wear to bowl tip, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 75-100. 40.26.

Lot Description Reserve 98. Scottish silver Ribbed Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, Edinburgh 1737 by James Ker. L-20.4cm; W-69g. ~ wear to marks, otherwise good gauge and condition. Est. 55-95. 45 99. Queen Anne Britannia silver trencher salt cellar, London c.1705 by John Goode. D-7cm; W-52g. ~ marks lightly struck, but readable, small knock to side, otherwise good condition. Est. 250-450. 140 100. Pair of George II silver Hanoverian pattern tablespoons, London 1751 by Ebenezer Coker. L-19.8cm; W- 116g. ~ reasonable marks and condition. Est. 80-120. 60 101. Victorian silver Leaf tea caddy spoon, Birmingham c.1850 by Hilliard and Thomason. L-8.5cm; W-15g. ~ no date letter, a rare caddy spoon, good marks and condition. Est. 400-600. 60 102. William IV silver Fiddle pattern sugar shovel, London 1836 by S. Hayne & D. Cater. L-13.1cm; W-23g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 45-75. 25 103. George III silver Old English pattern teaspoon, London 1790 by Peter & Jonathan Bateman. L-12.1cm; W-9g. ~ a rare makers mark; excellent marks, good condition. Est. 80-120. 20 104. Pair of William III silver Ribbed Rattail Dognose pattern tablespoons, London 1699 by Isaac Davenport. L- 20cm; W-119g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 500-600. 500 105. George I Britannia silver Rattail marrow scoop spoon, London 1720 by Andrew Archer. L-21.6cm; W-30g. ~ a little bit knocked around all over, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 275-350. 250.27.

Lot Description Reserve 106. Irish silver Bright-cut marrow scoop, Dublin 1780 by MS. L-23.8cm; W-55g. ~ feels and looks good, however Hibernia mark on curve of scoop!!!, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 250-275. 250 107. Irish silver Shell-bowled Hanoverian pattern sauce ladle, Dublin c.1750 by William Faucett. L-18.8cm; W- 45g. ~ good decoration, bowl, marks and condition. Est. 180-240. 150 108. Provincial/Colonial large silver Old English pattern soup ladle, circa 1800 by IG. L-36cm; W-208g. ~ good mark and condition. Est. 275-375. 250 109. Aberdeen silver Fiddle pattern soup ladle, circa 1810 by William Jamieson. L-33.7cm; W-207g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. 275-375. 250 110. George III silver Old English pattern basting spoon, London 1782 by Hester Bateman. L-28.8cm; W-105g. ~ wear to marks, otherwise good bowl and condition. Est. 125-225. 100 111. Victorian silver & ivory cucumber saw, Birmingham 1892 by Hirons & Plante. L-20.3cm; W-52g. ~ old cracks to ivory, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 250-350. 150 112. George III silver & ivory butter spade, London 1793 by G. Smith & W. Fearn. L-18.2cm; W-38g. ~ small old crack to ivory, maker s mark worn, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 150-200. 150 113. York, Georgian silver Fiddle pattern sugar tongs, circa 1820 by Edward Jackson. L-14.1cm; W-34g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 60-90. 40 114. York, Georgian silver Fiddle pattern sugar tongs, circa 1820 by James Barber & William North. L-14.7cm; W- marks worn, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 30-60. 25.28.

Lot Description Reserve 115. Set of 6 George II silver Masonic picture-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoons, London c.1750 by William Cripps. L-12.2cm; W-66g. ~ a very rare set, excellent pictures, bowls, marks and condition. 1400-1800. 1200 116. PAUL DE LAMERIE George I Britannia standard silver marrow scoop, London c.1720. L-20.5cm; W-43g. ~ unusual flat-sided design (a similar marrow scoop can be seen in Brooklyn Museum); maker s mark only, good condition and excellent mark. Est. 2600-3200. 2200 117. George II silver Hanoverian pattern basting spoon, London 1746 by Isaac Callard. L-28.1cm; W-134g. ~ bowl lip slightly bent up (from use), good gauge, bowl, marks and condition, perfect for serving with. 475-525. 455 118. George III silver Acanthus-leaf bowled Fiddle pattern tea caddy spoon, London 1818 by Francis Powell. L- 8.9cm; W-12g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. 80-120. 68 119. Banff silver Celtic-point pattern teaspoon, circa 1790 by John Keith. L-12.8cm; W-12g. ~ excellent bowl, marks and condition. Est. 100-150. 78 120. Jersey, Victorian silver Kings pattern tablespoon, by John Le Gallais, with London marks for 1849. L-22.3cm; W-88g. ~ good gauge, bowl, marks and condition. Est. 80-110. 75 121. George III silver & steel Pistol-grip 2-pronged dessert fork, London c.1770 by Richard Morson & Benjamin Stephenson. L-17cm. ~ small lead repair to handle, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 60-80. 48.29.

Lot Description Reserve 122. Victorian silver Fiddle pattern tea caddy spoon with engraved decoration, Birmingham 1840 by George Unite. L-9cm; W-9g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 70-100. 65 123. Irish silver Hanoverian pattern dessert spoon, Dublin c.1775 by John Pittar. L-15.9cm; W-29g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. 80-120. 68 124. George III silver Bright-cut pattern sugar tongs, London c.1780 by Hester Bateman. L-13.7cm; W-27g. ~ slight kink to arch, otherwise good decoration, marks and condition. Est. 60-80. 54 125. George IV silver & steel Pistol-grip pattern dessert knife, London 1836 by?t over?b. L-20.5cm. ~ blade replaced at some point, wear to maker s mark, otherwise good gauge, marks and condition. 40-60. 32 126. George II silver Clam-shell picture-back Hanoverian pattern teaspoon, London c. 1750 by William Turton. L-11.9cm; W-12g. ~ very unusual shell, excellent picture, bowl, marks and condition. Est. 75-125. 28 127. Silver & enamel Oxford University salt/mustard/snuff spoon, Birmingham 1913 by Richard Comyns. L- 7.1cm; W-4g. ~ maker s mark worn, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 20-30. 20 128. Silver & enamel Cambridge teaspoon, Birmingham 1937 by A.J. Bailey. L-11.2cm; W-13g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 25-35. 14 129. Edwardian silver Carnarvon Castle & Prince of Wales Feathers teaspoon, Sheffield 1907 by WWJ. L- 13cm; W-23g. ~ bowl tip a little worn, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 30-50. 24 130. Two silver coin spoons; 1. Papal head coin spoon; 2. Republic of Panama coin spoon; circa 1920. L-11.1cm; W-26g. ~ 25-35. 18.30.

Lot Description Reserve 131. Scandinavian.830 silver Ecclesiastical spoon, circa 1900 by J.T. L-11.4cm; W-53g. ~ well made, good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 60-90. 55 132. Silver Guildford teaspoon, Chester 1921 by J. Banks. L-11.9cm; W-15g. ~ good marks & condition. 25-35 15 133. Silver parcel-gilt and enamel Royal Burgh Of Annan teaspoon, Birmingham 1919 by V&S. L-11.8cm; W-18g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 25-35. 15 134. Silver & enamel Aquarium Indoor Bowls teaspoon, Birmingham 1934 by T.F. L-11.7cm; W-16g. ~ wear to maker s mark, otherwise good marks and condition. Est. 25-35. 10 135. Silver & enamel London coffee spoon, Birmingham 1962 by Toye & Spencer. L-9.5cm; W-10g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 20-30. 10 136. Pair of silver-gilt Edward II & Edward III serving spoons, import mark for London 1915 by Berthold Muller. L-20.1cm; W-125g. ~ wear to gilding, otherwise good detail, marks and condition. Est. 140-180. 130 137. 2 pairs, Victorian silver fruit knife & fork, Sheffield 1876 by Martin, Hall & Co. L-21.5 (knife). ~ good marks, immaculate condition. Est. 75-125. 65 138. Irish silver Fiddle pattern tablespoon, Dublin 1818 by James Kenzie, retailed by Henderson. L-22.8cm; W- 72g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 60-90 50 139. Irish silver Fiddle pattern condiment ladle, Dublin 1824 by IB. L-11.7cm; W-9g. ~ good bowl, marks and condition. Est. 35-55. 28.31.

Lot Description Reserve 140. English Provincial? Georgian silver Bright-cut Fiddle pattern sugar tongs, circa 1820 by TR. L-14.6cm; W-44g. ~ good decoration, gauge, marks and condition. Est. 45-95. 30 141. Banff silver Fiddle pattern teaspoon, circa 1810 by John Keith, with rare salmon mark. L-13.5cm; W-15g. ~ wear to bowl tip, otherwise good condition, excellent marks. Est. 120-160. 90 142. Silver parcel-gilt B.G.C golf club teaspoon, Birmingham 1925 by Vaughton & Sons. L-12.9cm; W-19g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition, crisp. Est. 30-50. 20 143. Edwardian silver Coronation Chair teaspoon, Birmingham 1901 by Levi & Salaman. L-10.7cm; W-8g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 25-35. 18 144. Victorian silver Plymouth & 1837 VR 1897 teaspoon, Birmingham 1896 by John Millward Banks. L- 12.9cm; W-16g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 25-35. 18 145. Edwardian silver Canterbury teaspoon, Birmingham 1903 by T. Bros. L-12.1cm; W-16g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 25-35. 20 146. Silver Norwich Cathedral teaspoon, Birmingham 1913 by Barker Brothers & Sons. L-11.7cm; W-15g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 25-35. 16 147. George I silver Rattail mote spoon, circa 1720, not marked. L-14.1cm; W-5g. ~ good condition. 125-225. 100 148. William IV silver Old English pattern egg spoon, London 1835 by Jonathan Hayne. L-11.7cm; W-13g. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 24-45. 16.32.

Lot Description Reserve 149. George III silver Old English pattern salt shovel, London 1785 (incuse duty) by Stephen Adams. L-9.8cm; W- 6g. ~ wear to marks, otherwise good condition. Est. 25-45. 18 150. Georgian silver shell-bowled Hanoverian pattern salt spoon, circa 1750 by PR. L-9.2cm; W-9g. ~ good gauge, mark and condition. Est. 40-70. 35 151. George II silver Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, London 1727 by I.S. L-19.6cm; W-43g. ~ wear to maker s mark, otherwise reasonable marks and condition. Est. 75-125. 50 152. Irish silver Hanoverian Rattail pattern tablespoon, Dublin 1717 by John Hamilton. L-20.3cm; W-56g. ~ bowl re-shaped & a little polished, otherwise reasonable marks and condition. Est. 175 225. 175 153. Arts & Crafts silver slip-top spoon, London 1929 by H.G. Murphy. L-17.8cm; W-42g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 300-400. 250 154. Arts & Crafts silver slip-top spoon, London 1929 by H.G. Murphy. L-17.8cm; W-41g. ~ good gauge, marks and condition. Est. 300-400. 250 155. Irish silver large Bright-cut pattern basting spoon, Dublin 1778 by M. Homer. L-31.8cm. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 300-400. 275 156. Set of 6 North American silver Basket of Flowers-front Fiddle pattern teaspoons, circa 1820 by Howe & Guion. L-14.2cm; W86g. ~ bowls quite battered about, otherwise reasonable marks and condition. Est. 55-75. 55 157. George III silver Fiddle pattern tablespoon, with inscription Susan Mortlock a reward for cleanliness, London 1824 by Clement Cheese. L-21.7cm; W-53g. L-21.8cm. ~ good marks and condition. Est. 75-125. 50.33.

Lot Description Reserve 158. George II silver Fancy-front Hanoverian Rattail pattern teaspoon, circa 1730, marked S. L-11.5cm; W-10g. ~ bowl a bit battered, otherwise good condition. Est. 35-65. 30 159. Pair of Fiddle pattern table forks, c.1830, only marker s mark (on one) for Joseph Willmore, forks both initialled W? L-20cm; W-123g. ~ possibly personal to Willmore?; tines worn, otherwise good. Est. 100-150. 90 160. London Bridge Interest: Silver, wood & steel carving knife & fork, circa 1831, both handles with a shield engraved London Bridge 1176, presumably the wood taken from the 1176 bridge, when it was rebuilt in 1831. The blade engraved G crown R, Weiss, London. L-43.5cm (knife). ~ lovely condition, I like these. 450-750. 350 161. Silver & enamel Calculus Lodge teaspoon, Birmingham 1921 by Arthur Fenwick. L-13.4cm; W-17g. ~ reasonable marks and condition. Est. 20-30. 20 162. Pair of Scottish Victorian silver Turban Head pattern salt spoons, Edinburgh c.1860 by William Moon. L- 6.5cm; W-15g. ~ good weight, reasonable marks and condition. Est. 50-80. 40 163. Sterling silver & enamel Miner & Cobalt teaspoon, circa 1900. L-11.2cm; W-13g. ~ old lead repair to back of spoon, otherwise good mark, reasonable condition. Est. 20-30. 20 164. 13 American silver, wood and steel Adirondack style knives and forks, circa 1870. L-22cm (knife) ~ 6 knives, 6 forks & 1 steel; good condition. Est. 275-375. 250.34.

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Daniel Bexfield Antiques Fine Quality Silver A Silver Shell Dessert/Summer Fruits Dish with 2 Cream/Sauce Boats With additional grill for converting it into an asparagus/bacon dish Made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1914 Width 11" (28cm); Weight 39 troy oz (1215g) Price 3,950.00 26 Burlington Arcade, Mayfair, London. W1J 0PU Tel: 020 7491 1720 Fax: 020 7491 1730 antiques@bexfield.co.uk www.bexfield.co.uk