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George III Hanoverian tablespoon Westminster Magistrates circa 1760 probably Paul Callard

A George III Hanoverian tablespoon engraved with the arms of Westminster Guildhall and dated 1783, London circa 1760 probably by Paul Callard. The stem is additionally engraved with the name of William Evans Esq.
Price: £1450.00

In 1765 George III gave permission to the Magistrates to wear ‘the Arms of Westminster, with the emblems of Magistracy, on a gold shield’. Badges of this form were worn by the magistrates on a ribbon around their necks but the emblem was also engraved on spoons, accompanied by the name of a magistrate, and (presumably) used when they dined officially. The spoons appear to have been returned, and usually had a new name engraved on them when the magistrate ceased to sit. Further details about the magistrates and these spoons can be found in a recently published article (available on request).

This example is now inscribed ‘William Evans Esq’. The records of the Westminster magistrates include the information that Evans was appointed a magistrate on 18th December 1840 and that he had addresses at 3 Chesham Street, Belgrave Square and in Chertsey.

Evans appears in a number of lists of dignitaries in Victorian newspapers and these show that he was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (to which he was elected in 1830). His will was proved in 1857. The most prominent event in Evans’ life was his arrest in parliament on January 21st 1840.

From 1839 to 1840 Evans was one of the Sheriffs of the City of London and in this capacity he was sent to Parliament to claim damages granted to John Joseph Stockdale (the publisher who, in a different case, had been told to ‘Publish and be damned’ by the Duke of Wellington). In this case Parliament had declaried ‘On Diseases of the Generative System’ obscene and Stockdale had argued that the House of Commons could only rule on publications under its authority and then issued to the public. When Evans arrived in Parliament to claim the damages he was held in contempt and briefly detained.

By the end of the year Parliament had passed the ‘Parliamentary Papers Act’, which increased the power of the House of Commons and invalidated Stockdale’s case.

7187

Six George III Shellback Hanoverian tablespoons London 1762 Thomas Devonshire

 

A set of six George III Hanoverian tablespoons of unusually heavy gauge with shell backs (each over 2.5 troy ounces) made in London in 1762 by TD in script (probably Thomas Devonshire), engraved with the crest and motto of Herries (unusually surrounded by a horse shoe).

Price: £825.00

 

 

 

9090
 Tablespoon A large tablespoon with neo-gothic handle and a rat-tail on the back of the bowl, by Omar Ramsden London 1932, with cast initials {DML} .
Price: £825.00
6335
6 George IV tablespoons Old English Wheatsheaf die cast tablespoons Edinburgh 1824 Alexander Henderson

A set of six George IV Old English tablespoons with die-cast wheat sheaves made in Edinburgh in 1824 by Alexander Henderson.

Price: £795.00

The wheat sheaves on these spoons can also be found on many manufactured in America in the mid 19th century (predominantly made of coin silver). It is tempting to suggest that spoons like these could be the prototype given the extensive migration to America from Scotland in the decades after they were made.

 

 

9011
Three George III inscribed tablespoons Clifford's Inn London 1777 1779 1793 Kent Greenwollers Capstack Jessopp

Three George III Old English pattern tablespoons with different decorative borders but all inscribed and dated with reference to members of Clifford's Inn (one of the Inns of Chancery in London that existed from 1344-1903). The first spoon has a Feather-edge border and was made in London in 1777 by John Lambe- it is inscribed as follows: (on the front) A. Kent 1780, (on the reverse) A. Greenwollers 1779. The second spoon has a beaded border and was made in London in 1778 by George Smith- it is inscribed (on the front) Wm Capstack Junr 1773. The third spoon has a threaded border and was made in London in 1793 by Thomas Wallis- it is inscribed (on the front) Jessopp 1799 below the crest of a dove as used by the Jessop family of Doory, County Longford .
Price:SOLD

A man with the correct initial and surname, in the case of Greenwollers an unusual one, can be found referred to as being associated with Clifford's Inn in London. On the first spoon both men are called Arthur- a death notice for Arthur Kent of Clifford's Inn features in the October issue of the European Magazine for 1799. He appears again on the list of people who have not claimed their annuity on sums of money invested with the Bank of England at 3% interest in 1800. The name of A. Greenwollers of Clifford's Inn appears in a lease of 1767 (and as 'of London' in one of 1758) and there are ten references to the legal firm of Messrs Greenwollers and Darlington of Clifford's Inn in the newspapers between 1776 and 1779. In the case of the second spoon William Capstack appears in a lease of 1770 as 'of Clifford's Inn'. In the case of the final spoon there is a reference in the Ipswich Journal of 1st December 1798 to a meeting at which John Jessopp will 'receive certificates [relating to the land tax] at his chambers, no. 13, Clifford's Inn, London' and he is recorded again in the Times of 23rd July 1816 at Clifford's Inn.

The Inn was located between Fetter Lane, Chancery Lane and Fleet Street, in the heart of the district of London most associated with the law from the 14th century onwards. As an Inn of Chancery the buildings were used as accommodation and offices by the group of lawyers who specialised in property. Clifford's Inn was the first recorded Inn of Chancery and appears to be have been incorporated in 1344 and it later had a key role in the teaching of juris prudence. Sadly the records of Clifford's Inn are very scant- a small number of items in the National Archives and the library of the Inner Temple- but it is reasonable to assume that the dates on these spoons marked important events in the life of Clifford's Inn and its members.

By 1903 The Inn was no longer deemed to serve a purpose within the structures of the British legal establishment and the extant members voted to dissolve it. On 14th May 1903 the assets of the Inn were auctioned, the site was sold for £100,000 and, apart from the gatehouse, the historic structure was demolished.

 


8365
six George II Hanoverian tablespoons London 1742 Edward Lambe Six George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoons, by Edward Lambe London 1743, crested with an anchor and initialled {P [over] I G} probably for a member of the Pitcairn or Petrie families.
Price:SOLD
7235
Six George III Old English pattern tablespoons York 1807 Robert Cattles

Six George III Old English pattern tablespoons, by Robert Cattle York 1806-1807 crested with a stag's head.
Price: SOLD

These six spoons (weighing 10 1/2 Troy ounces) formed part of the only group of pieces assayed by Robert Cattle working alone and were processed by the York assay office on 4th December 1807. Cattle was in several partnerships: with John Hampston and John Prince from 1796-1804, John Prince and George Cattle from 1804-1807 (the last reference to this partnership in the assay office records being on 20th October 1807 and the newspapers recorded the dissolution of the partnership on 6th November 1807). Cattle was then in partnership with William Barber from 1807-1814 (the first reference to this partnership in the assay office records being on 27th December 1807 but it was first advertised in the newspaper on 1st January 1808). From 1814 Robert Cattle was the proprietor of the York Tavern.

In his sole assay between partnerships, which interestingly contains recorded pieces with both the U and the V date letters for 1806 and 1807, Cattle included the following objects: '3 pair buckles, 1 egg frame, 4 skewers, 1 salt, 2 pair clasps, 16 butter ladles, 6 egg cups, 6 tongs, 4 doz. and 10 spoons, 3 boxes, 9 teapots, 6 apple scopes, 1 Chalice and Plate, 2 goblets' (weighing a total of 142 Troy Ounces) and '68 gold rings, 3 gold buttons' (weighing 8 Troy Ounces 17 dwt).

7617

Pair Silver-gilt Victorian Fern pattern fruitspoons London 1873 George Adams

 

A pair of silver-gilt Victorian Fern pattern fruit spoons made in London in 1873 by George Adams, initialled {RS}

Price: £345.00

Ian Pickford in his Silver Flatware describes Fern pattern as 'a rare mid-nineteenth century Chawner & Co. pattern, illustrated in their Pattern Book, showing the influence of naturalism'.

 

 

9135
Pair George II Hanoverian tablespoons Dublin 1758 Daniel Popkins Earl Bective

A George II pair of Hanoverian tablespoons, by Daniel Popkins Dublin 1758, crested for Thomas Taylour (1724-1795) while, Viscount Headfort (he was created 1st Earl Bective in 1766) .
Price: £340.00

Thomas Taylour was born in 1724 the son of Sir Thomas Taylour 3rd Baronet. Taylour attended Trinity College, Dublin from 1741 to 1745 and served as Member for Kells in the Irish parliament between 1747 and 1760 (as well as Sherriff of Meath from 1756). In 1754 Taylour married Elizabeth, Viscount Langford in her own right and he succeeded his father as Baronet in 1757. In 1761 Taylour was created Baron Headfort, followed by the Viscountcy of Headfort in 1762 and the Earldom of Bective in 1766. In 1783 Bective was one of the original Knights of the Order of St. Patrick and in 1785 he was made a Privy Councillor of Ireland. Taylour died in 1795 and his widow in 1818.

3 spoons available in total (see also 8088 below)

8087
George III Fiddle pattern tablespoon Greenock circa 1820 John Heron

A George III Fiddle pattern tablespoon marked in Greenock circa 1820 by John Heron (carrying an unusually full set of his associated marks), initialled {JR} and numbered 6.
Price:SOLD

 


8527
George III pair tablespoons King's Honeysuckle London 1826 William Chawner Duke Cambridge

A pair of George IV King's Honeysuckle pattern tablespoons, by William Chawner London 1826, crested for one of the younger sons of George III .
Price:SOLD

The heraldic engraving on these spoons could be that of any of the younger sons of George III and by 1826 this leaves five possible contenders. These are the Dukes of York (d. 1827), Clarence (d. 1837), Cumberland (d. 1851), Sussex (d. 1843) and Cambridge (d. 1850). The Duke of York had his own badge and when his silver was sold shortly after his death no King's pattern is recorded (the catalogue is unusually detailed and mentions Cobourg [Coburg] pattern). The Duke of Cumberland inherited the throne of Hanover in 1837 and, due to a lawsuit, engraved EAFS (Ernest Augustus Fidekomiss) on his silver to differentiate it from that of the British Royal family. When Sussex died his silver, like the Duke of York's, was sold at auction and again no King's pattern is mentioned.

This leaves the Dukes of Clarence and Cambridge. Clarence ascended the throne as King William IV in 1830 and there appears to be no record of his plate and, it is to be presumed, it became merged with that of the monarchy. When the Duke of Cambridge's son died in 1904 the family silver was sold, again at auction, and includes as lot 47 a 'King's pattern service' and, as at that time they did not differentiate between variants of patterns, it is reasonable to suggest that these spoons may once have formed part of this service.

7485
George III French Hourglass pattern tablespoon tablefork London 1809 Crossley Smith Anglesey Waterloo

A George III French style Hourglass pattern tablefork and tablespoon, by Richard Crossley and George Smith London 1809, crested on the reverse for the 1st Marquess of Anglesey and initialled CP on the front for his son Lord Clarence Paget .
Price:SOLD

Henry William Paget (1768-1854), 2nd Earl of Uxbridge and 11th Baron Paget, was a prominent soldier in the British Army during the French Revolutionary, Peninsular and Napoleonic wars. There was a hiatus in his military career following his affair with Lady Cowley, the wife of the Duke of Weliington's brother Lord Cowley, which in 1809 lead to a duel between the two husbands and both marriages ending in divorce. This had made it difficult for Paget to serve under the Duke of Wellington but Paget's skills as a cavalry commander meant that he was recalled to active service when Napoleon regained power after his escape from Elba in 1815. Paget lead the main cavalry charges at the battles of Quatre Bras, on 16th June 1815, and Waterloo two days later (during which he lost his right leg). Following these actions Paget was created Marquess of Anglesey and received the Order of the Garter in 1818 followed by promotion to General in 1819. He went on to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1828-1829 (a post to which he was appointed by the Duke of Wellington) and again in 1830-1833 and Master General of the Ordnance from 1846 to 1853.

Lord Clarence Paget (1811-1895) was the Marquess's 3rd son (born a year after the latter's second marriage to Lady Charlotte Cadogan, the divorced wife of the Duke of Wellington's younger brother Lord Cowley). Lord Clarence entered the Royal Navy in 1827 and rose to the rank of Captain in 1839. He was MP for Sandwich from 1847 to 1852 and 1857-1866 as well as being Secretary to the Master General of the Ordinance (his father) from 1846 to 1853. Paget saw service in the Crimean War and was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1865.

7762

George III Brightcut tablespoon Guernsey circa 1790 Jean Le Page

A George III Old English tablespoon with bright-cut decoration marked on Guernsey circa 1790 by Jean Le Page (carrying both his known marks), initialled {MLN}.
Price:SOLD

8299
6 Tablespoons 6 Old English tablespoons by Thomas and William Chawner, London 1771 crested with a turret (1 a.f.).
Price: £325.00
2395
2 Tablespoons A pair of Hanoverian tablespoons, by Ker and Dempster Edinburgh 1751 (assay master Hugh Gordon), crested for Grant of Monymusk .
Price: £300.00
6278z

George II Hanoverian tablespoon London 1730 Edward Jennings Barnards Inn

 

A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon made in London in 1730 by Edward Jennings, engraved Barnards Inn.

Price: £295.00

Barnards Inn was one of the Inns of Court, the centres of legal training in England from the mediaeval period onwards. It was founded in 1454, as an Inn of Chancery (one specialising in the training of solicitors rather than barristers) on a site once owned by Sir Adam De Basing who had been Lord Mayor of London in 1251. The building was badly damaged during the Gordon Riots of 1780, due to the fact that the adjacent distillery was owned by a Roman Catholic. The Inn received £3,200 in compensation for the damage. The early buildings (including some Roman chalk and tile walling, 15th century linen fold panelling and the only crown posts in Greater London), survive today.

By 1888, however, the purpose of the Inn had changed and it had become a set of residential chambers. In this year the site was purchased by the Mercers' Company and served as premises for the Mercers' School until 1959. In 1991 the site became the permanent home of Gresham College (founded in 1597).

Arguably the best known resident of Barnard's Inn was Pip in Great Expectations who lodged there with Herbert Pocket when he first came to London (a part of the novel set in the early 1820s).

9134
2 Tablespoons A pair of fancy-back Hanoverian tablespoons by Marmaduke Daintry, London 1741, initialled {F F}
Price: £295.00
6574z
George III pair tablespoons Old English Feather-edge York 1783 Hampston Prince

A pair of George III Old English pattern tablespoons with feather-edged borders made in York in 1783 by Hampston and Prince.

Price:SOLD

 


8573
Pair George III Old English tablespoons London 1802 William Eley and William Fearn Royal Military College

A pair of George III Old English tablespoons engraved with the badge of the Royal Military College Junior Department and dated 1802 (one additionally engraved infirmary) made in London in 1802 by William Eley and William Fearn.

Price: £275.00

Colonel John Le Marchant, a veteran of the Flanders Campaign, had reportedly been told by an Austrian officer that British swordsmanship was most entertaining and resembled chopping wood. Le Marchant helped design a new sabre and swordsmanship manual. However, with the support of the King, he also founded The Royal Military College Junior Department in 1802. The institution, founded at a house called Remnatz in Marlow, had two parts the first of which accepted boys from the age of 13 and provided them with a general education; the second then taught military subjects to graduates of the first. In 1812 the institution was moved to new specially constructed buildings at Sandhurst.

 

 

8994
Pair George III Newcastle tablespoons circa 1790 Langlands Robertson Prince of Wales Feathers

A pair of George III Old English tablespoons made in Newcastle circa 1795 by John Langlands and John Robertson, crested for the Surtees family .
Price: £275.00

The Surtees family were recorded in the Pipe Rolls for County Durham in 1174- although they could have been there for some time preceding this date. The Surtees Society, specialising in the publication of manuscripts relating to Newcastle, Durham and the surrounding area, was named after local historian Robert Surtees and was founded in 1834.

Two Bookplates for local surgeons called John Surtees appear in Nigel Tattersfield's 1996 Bookplates by Beilby and Bewick. The bookplate of the first John Surtees (c. 1770-1853) who worked in Stamfordham features the exact crest found on these spoons but the bookplate is not recorded in the extant records for Thomas Bewick. The second John Surtees (1777-1820) who worked in Ebchester and Medolmsley is recorded as purchasing a royal (deluxe) edition of Thomas Bewick's History of Birds (presumably the History of Land Birds published in 1797) and his bookplate by Bewick was in the form of his initials. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was an incredibly talented engraver both in wood and on metal (he is known to have worked for the Langlands family of goldsmiths).

 

8216
2 Tablespoons A pair of Hanoverian tablespoons, by Paul Hanet London 1728,engraved with the arms of JAMES (of Worcestershire) .
Price: £275.00
6632
George III Hanoverian pattern tablespoon Dove back London 1768 Thomas Evans and George Smith

A George III Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with a dove back assayed in London by Thomas Evans and George Smith in 1768, initialled {GH}.

Price: £265.00

The combination of the date letter for 1768 and the maker's mark for the partnership that was recorded in assay office records after 26th February and 16th March 1769 means that this was assayed between the registering of the mark (in one of the now missing registers) and 30th May 1769.

 

 

9056
George III Hanoverian tablespoon Adam Graham Glasgow Naesmith Posso A George III Hanoverian tablespoon, by Adam Graham of Glasgow circa 1770, engraved with the arms of the Naesmith family, Baronets of Posso .
Price: £265.00
7609
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon with shell back, of unusually heavy gauge by  David Peter Dublin 1763, crested with a fox and initialled {JHH} .
Price:SOLD
5781
George III Dove back Hanoverian tablespoon London 1771 Stephen Adams

A George III Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with Dove back made in London in 1771 by Stephen Adams.
Price:SOLD

 


8405z
George III Hanoverian tablespoon Prince of Wales Feathers back teaspoon London 1767 Thomas Evans

A George III Hanoverian pattern large dessert spoon/ small tablespoon with Prince of Wales feathers back made in London in 1767 by Thomas Evans.
Price: £250.00

This picture-back is most often found on teaspoons made by Ebenezer Coker and Thomas Hammond who were only in partnership from 1759 to 1760. It is now presumed that those pieces may have expressed support for the faction and proto-court surrounding the Prince of Wales, thefuture George III, rather than those of his grandfather George II. The use of the die in 1767 is an unusual one and less easy to explain (as the Prince of Wales, the future George IV, was only four at the time).

 


8407z
2 Tablespoons A pair of Hanoverian tablespoons, London 1747 by Jeremiah King, crested with a wildman's head.
Price: £250.00
3672
Pair of shell back tablespoons Hester Bateman London 1774 A pair of Hanoverian tablespoons with shell backs, by Hester Bateman London 1774, initialled {NH} .
Price:SOLD
6692
George II Hanoverian tablespoon rat-tail engraved provenance inscription.

A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with rat-tail made in London circa 1730, initialled {PM} and engraved with the family descent of the spoon until the second half of the 20th century.

Price: £245.00

The engraving on this spoon records the descent of this spoon within the family from new to the second half of the 20th. The original initials PM are those of Peter Moulder of Kent to his daughter (for neither of whom sadly any information has apparently survived) who married Thomas Huntly. Their daughter Elizabeth (1772-1846) married Edward Pilcher (1772-1847) at St. Mary the Virgin in Dover on 17th June 1797.

Their third and youngest son was Edward Mendham Pilcher (1808-1893) who married Sarah Kerferd (1808-1881) on 16th June 1838 and their son was Frederick Joseph Pilcher (1849-1929).

Frederick Joseph became a 'Colonel of the Territorials, Commissioner of the Board of Trade, consulting engineer, naval architect and surveyor, and agent to the Admiralty, living at Liverpool' and in 1911 he was just under 5 ' 5" with 'fair or fresh' complexion, balding grey hair and grey eyes and no distinguishing marks or tattoos. This was recorded because he was arrested and charged with forging a will and testament purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Lilian Kerferd; (second count) uttering that forged will knowing it to be forged and with intent to defraud in 1910. The estate in question, that of a maternal cousin, amounted to between £20,000 and £30,000 and Pilcher produced a will leaving himself as main beneficiary and gained probate. However very shortly thereafter the will came in to question. At his trial Pilcher initially pleaded not guilty to both charges but at the trial he followed the advice of his defence lawyer, the prominent barrister Sir Edward Marshall Hall, and changed his plea to uttering the forged will to guilty. Pilcher was sentenced to three years penal servitude on 18th July 1910 and was granted parole from Maidstone Prison, described as a habitual criminal, on 30th September 1912.

Frederick Joseph Pilcher had married Peggy Steele (1852-1945) on 5th February 1876 and their second son Vernon Doyle Pilcher was born in 1896. Vernon joined the Indian Army and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died in 1956.

The infamy this court case would have caused is presumably the reason for the engraved inscription not mentioning Frederick, or his father, who both presumably owned this spoon.

 

 

 

 


8820
George III Rose back Hanoverian tablespoon London 1769 Evans Smith

A George III Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with Rose back made in London in 1769 by Thomas Evans and George Smith, initialled {M [over] M R}.
Price: £240.00

 


8406z
2 Tablespoons A pair of daisy-back Hanoverian tablespoons by Thomas Evans London 1767, initialled {D {over} R S} .
Price:SOLD
6575z
Pair of George III Old English tablespoons London 1796 Peter Ann Bateman Sherwood Foresters

A pair of George III Old English pattern tablespoon engraved with the badge of the Sherwood Foresters made in London in 1796 by Peter and Ann Bateman.

Price: £225.00

A total of 3 spoons available

The 45th Regiment of Foot, also called the 1st Nottingham Regiment and the Sherwood Foresters, was raised in 1741 and served with distinction in North America from the mid 18th century onwards. When it returned to Britain in 1778 it became closely associated with the city of Nottingham, the depleted ranks of the regiment being swelled by local recruitment. The Regiment remained in Britain from 1778 to 1786 before being deployed to the West Indies from 1786 to 1801 (with a brief home posting in 1794). In 1806 they were part of the force sent, unsuccesfully, to attack Monte Video in Peru. Despite the failure of the expedition the 45th was granted the honour of leaving the post it had captured with full military honours- a reward for outstanding courage.

Later in the 19th century the regiment went on to serve in the Peninsular War, Ceylon, Burma, India and Abyssinia. On 1 July 1881 the Childers reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 95th Regiment but it retained the name of form the Sherwood Foresters.

 

 

9000
Victorian silver-gilt Hourglass pattern tablespoon London 1863 Lias Vintners Company

A Victorian silver-gilt Hourglass pattern tablespoon made in London in 1863 by the Lias Brothers, engraved with the arms of the Vintners Company and initialled {S}.

Price: £225.00

The Worshipful Company of Vintners of the City of London is thought to have been formed as early as the 12th century and received its first Royal charter in 1364. Its role was to oversee the wine trade and it controlled the import of wine from Gascony into Britain from the 14th century and was also allowed to sell wine without a licence. Until 1553 the regulatory powers extended throughout the country but Mary Tudor removed this power. However, until 2006 the lack of a need for a licence prevailed in the City of London and along the route of the old Great North Road (running from London to Edinburgh through Grantham, York and Darlington). Along with the monarch and St. John's College, Cambridge the Vintner's Company are also among the very few institutions allowed to own swans.

The Company has maintained very strong links with the wine trade and makes considerable charitable donations in many areas, including education (both related to wine and otherwise) and toward the alleviation of poverty.

 

 


8768
Pair George III King's pattern tablespoons London 1814 Eley and Fearn crest Baillie

A George III pair of King's pattern tablespoons made in London in 1814 by William Eley and William Fearn, crested for Baillie.
Price: £225.00

8303
George II Hanoverian tablespoons Paul Callard London 1754

A pair of George II Hanoverian tablespoons, London 1754 probably by Paul Callard , crested with a demi lion holding a mullet all above a mirror cypher {IS}.
Price: £220.00

The exact crest does not feature in the available reference books but the families of St. Lyz, Stable, Starr or Stewart all have very similar crests.

8085
George III Hanoverian tablespoon Dublin 1763 Christopher Skinner A Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, by Christopher Skinner Dublin 1763, crested with a griffin's head out of a coronet. .
Price:SOLD
8019
George III Hanoverian tablespoon London 1762 St. John's Cambridge

A Hanoverian tablespoon made in London in 1762 engraved 'Coll. Divi. Joan Cant' for St. John's College Cambridge on the reverse of the handle, 'Ex Don Jac.[obus] Clarke Soc. Commens' [Fellow Commoner] on the back of the bowl and numbered '12' on the heel.
Price: £220.00 4 similar spoons (with different numbers on the heels) available

St. John's College, Cambridge received its charter in 1511 and was founded using the influence of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, and funds from John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, who had been her chaplain. It occupies the site of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist founded in around 1200. The Fellows of St. John's are allowed to eat unmarked mute swans (a privilege otherwise limited to the Royal family). The College had 874 students in 2018.

It was customary for members of the college to present spoons on their admission. James Clarke (c. 1734-1794, the son of Paris Clarke Esq. of Northampton was educated at Peterborough School (then run by Mr. Mirehouse) and entered St. John's College in 1753. He was re-admitted in 1756 and again in 1767 but never received a standard undergraduate degree. In 1769 he received his Batchelor of Law (LLB), rather unusually, by Royal mandate. Clarke had been ordained as a deacon in 1758 and in 1760 became both a priest and a petty canon of Peterborough Cathedral. In 1769 he was made Perpetual Curate of Eye and Rector of Northborough, both in Northamptonshire- livings he held until his death 25 years later.

7200
George III Hanoverian tablespoon London 1762 St. John's Cambridge

A George III Hanoverian pattern tablespoon made in London in 1762 engraved 'Coll. Divi. Joan Cant' for St. John's College Cambridge on the reverse of the handle, 'Ex Don Jac.[obus] Clarke Soc. Commens' [Fellow Commoner] on the back of the bowl and numbered '9' on the heel.
Price: £220.00

4 similar spoons (with different numbers on the heels) available

St. John's College, Cambridge received its charter in 1511 and was founded using the influence of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, and funds from John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, who had been her chaplain. It occupies the site of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist founded in around 1200 and the Fellows of St. John's are allowed to eat unmarked mute swans (the only people outside the Royal family who are). The College had 874 students in 2018.

It was customary for members of the college to present spoons on their admission. James Clarke (c. 1734-1794), the son of Paris Clarke Esq. of Northampton was educated at Peterborough School (then run by Mr. Mirehouse) and entered St. John's College in 1753. He was re-admitted in 1756 and again in 1767 but never received a standard undergraduate degree. In 1769 he received his Batchelor of Law (LLB), rather unusually, by Royal mandate. Clarke had been ordained as a deacon in 1758 and in 1760 became both a priest and a petty canon at Peterborough Cathedral. In 1769 he was made Perpetual Curate of Eye and Rector of Northborough, both in Northamptonshire- livings he held until his death 25 years later.

7199
George III Hanoverian tablespoon London 1762 St. John's Cambridge

A Hanoverian tablespoon made in London in 1762 engraved 'Coll. Divi. Joan Cant' for St. John's College Cambridge on the reverse of the handle, 'Ex Don Jac.[obus] Clarke Soc. Commens' [Fellow Commoner] on the back of the bowl and numbered '8' on the heel.
Price: £220.00 4 similar spoons (with different numbers on the heels) available

St. John's College, Cambridge received its charter in 1511 and was founded using the influence of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, and funds from John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, who had been her chaplain. It occupies the site of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist founded in around 1200 and the Fellows of St. John's are allowed to eat unmarked mute swans (the only people outside the Royal family who are). The College had 874 students in 2018.

It was customary for members of the college to present spoons on their admission. James Clarke (c. 1734-1794, the son of Paris Clarke Esq. of Northampton was educated at Peterborough School (then run by Mr. Mirehouse) and entered St. John's College in 1753. He was re-admitted in 1756 and again in 1767 but never received a standard undergraduate degree. In 1769 he received his Batchelor of Law (LLB), rather unusually, by Royal mandate. Clarke had been ordained as a deacon in 1758 and in 1760 became both a priest and a petty canon of Peterborough Cathedral. In 1769 he was made Perpetual Curate of Eye and Rector of Northborough, both in Northamptonshire- livings he held until his death 25 years later.

7197
George III hanoverian tablespoon St. John's Cambridge 1762

A Hanoverian tablespoon made in London in 1762 engraved 'Coll. Divi. Joan Cant' (for St. John's College Cambridge) on the reverse of the handle, 'Ex Don Jac.[obus] Clarke Soc. Commens' [Fellow Commoner] on the back of the bowl and numbered '5' on the heel.
Price: £220.00

4 similar spoons (with different numbers on the heels) available

St. John's College, Cambridge received its charter in 1511 and was founded using the influence of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, and funds from John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, who had been her chaplain. It occupies the site of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist founded in around 1200 and the Fellows of St. John's are allowed to eat unmarked mute swans (the only people outside the Royal family who are). The College had 874 students in 2018.

It was customary for members of the college to present spoons on their admission. James Clarke (c. 1734-1794, the son of Paris Clarke Esq. of Northampton was educated at Peterborough School (then run by Mr. Mirehouse) and entered St. John's College in 1753. He was re-admitted in 1756 and again in 1767 but never received a standard undergraduate degree. In 1769 he received his Batchelor of Law (LLB), rather unusually, by Royal mandate. Clarke had been ordained as a deacon in 1758 and in 1760 became both a priest and a petty canon of Peterborough Cathedral. In 1769 he was made Perpetual Curate of Eye and Rector of Northborough, both in Northamptonshire- livings he held until his death 25 years later.

7196
George III Hanoverian tablespoon rat-tail London 1771 Elizabeth Tookey coat of arms Whorwood Bray

A George III Hanoverian tablespoon with rat-tail made in London in 1771 by Elizabeth Tookey, it is engraved with the arms of Jane Whorwood (nee Bray), d. 1726.

Price:SOLD

Jane Bray (c. 1674-1726) was the daughter of Sir Reginald Bray of of Barrington Park, Gloucestershire and married Thomas Whorwood II (1664-1706), Lord of the Manor of Headington, Oxfordshire. Thomas was the 'natural or reputed son' of Brome Whorwood (1615-1684) by his 'servant' (mistress) Katherine Allen but had taken his father's surname 'according to a deed to that purpose made by [his father] to him'. Under his father's will Thomas inherited the manors of Headington and Holton on the death of his elder, legitimate, half sister in 1701. Thomas had served as sherriff of Oxfordshire in 1703-1704 and he and Jane had six sons and one daughter- the second, but eldest surviving, son, Thomas, inherited the family estates. The style of this spoon, combined with the known dates of the owner of the armorial, show that this spoon is an unusual example made to add to an earlier set or replace a lost spoon (one of the original set engraved with Jane's arms as a widow, courtesy of a private collection, was made in London in 1721 by William Petley is illustrated).


8618
Pair George II Hanoverian tablespoons London1756 Ebenezer Coker

A pair of George II Hanoverian tablespoons made in London in 1756 by Ebenezer Coker, crested with a lion's head erased charged with a chevron.

Price: £210.00

In his Silver Flatware (1983) Ian Pickford comments that Old English pattern can be found from around 1760. These spoons are unusually early examples.


8619

 Tablespoon

A heavy Old English tablespoon, by Hester Bateman London 1790, engraved Aedis Christi (the Latin name of Christ Church Oxford) on the stem and dated 1791 on the heel.
Price: £210.00

Christ Church, Oxford (known colloquially as "The House") was founded by Cardinal Wolsey in 1529 and refounded by Henry VIII in 1532. This College has the second largest endowment income in the University and also houses Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, which serves as its chapel.

5163
Pair George II Hanoverian tablespoons London 1753 Ebenezer Coker

A George II pair of Hanoverian pattern tablespoons made in London probably 1753 by Ebenezer Coker, initialled {JAG}
Price: £200.00

2 pairs available

 


8523
George V Jersey Militia spoon London 1913 C. T. Mayne

A George V Fiddle pattern tablespoon with the die-cast emblems of the Jersey Militia, assayed in London in 1913 by C. T. Maine of Jersey.

Price: £ SOLD

Although Militias are recorded on Jersey in the thirteenth century the Jersey Militia was first formally raised in 1337 by King Edward III. In 1617 the unit was composed of 3000 men, albeit with little equipment, and from 1771 it was formed of a regiment of cavalry, a regiment of artillery and five regiments of infantry. In the mid 20th century the unit was disbanded but was reconstituted in 1987 as the Jersey Field Squadron (The Royal Militia Island of Jersey)- part of the Territorial Army.

These spoons were made as prizes for competitions within the regiment.

 

 

8967
 Tablespoon An Old English tablespoon, by Peter and Jonathan Bateman London 1790, initialled {C} .
Price: £195.00
6664
 Tablespoon

A fiddle pattern tablespoon, by James Pirie of Aberdeen (active 1821-1826) circa 1821-1822 (with otherwise unrecorded additional marks). These are crested for George Thomas John Nugent 8th Earl of Westmeath (1785-1871).
Price:SOLD

In 1822 the 8th Earl of Westmeath was created the 1st Marquess of Westmeath. This title died with him but the Earldom of Westmeath was inherited by his cousin. James Pirie was active from 1821-1826 and the combination of the maker's mark and the engraving suggests that this spoon, and the rest of the set that have come to light, was made between 16th July 1821 when Pirie became a member of the Hammermen's Company of Aberdeen and 12th January 1822 when the Earl was created a Marquess.

5932c
Pair Fiddle pattern China Trade tablespoons Canton circa 1830 Cum Shing A pair of Fiddle pattern tablespoons , by Cum Shing of Canton circa 1830, initialled {CJB}.
Price: £185.00
8103
George II Hanoverian tablespoon Dublin 1758 Earl of Bective

A George II Hanoverian tablespoon, by Daniel Popkins Dublin 1758, crested forThomas Taylour (1724-1795) while, Viscount Headfort (before he was created 1st Earl Bective in 1766)
Price: £180.00

Thomas Taylour was born in 1724 the son of Sir Thomas Taylour 3rd Baronet. Taylour attended Trinity College, Dublin from 1741 to 1745 and served as Member for Kells in the Irish parliament between 1747 and 1760 (as well as Sherriff of Meath from 1756). In 1754 Taylour married Elizabeth, Viscount Langford in her own right and he succeeded his father as Baronet in 1757. In 1761 Taylour was created Baron Headfort, followed by the Viscountcy of Headfort in 1762 and the Earldom of Bective in 1766. In 1783 Bective was one of the original Knights of the Order of St. Patrick and in 1785 he was made a Privy Councillor of Ireland. Taylour died in 1795 and his widow in 1818.

3 spoons available in total (see also 8087 above)

8088
2 Tablespoons

A pair of Hanoverian tablespoons, by William Skeen or William Sudell London 1770 engraved with the arms, motto and crest of POYNTZ
Price: £180.00

The Poyntz family claim descent from a knight who accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066. In the eighteenth. century, Stephen Poyntz (1685-1750) served as envoy to the King of Sweden ─ though he is more famous for being the grandfather of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806).

5532
2 Tablespoons A pair of bright-cut tablespoons, by Peter and Ann Bateman London 1794, dated 1795, initialled {P [over] CJ} and numbered 1 and 2 on the heels.
Price:SOLD
6368
Pair George II Hanoverian shell back tablespoons London 1758 Richard Hawkins

A pair of George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoons with shell backs, by Richard Hawkins London 1758, initialled {C [over] CM} .
Price: £175.00

The maker's mark of Richard Hawkins is contained in one of the two registers missing from the records of the Goldsmiths' Company. Research has shown that Richard Hawkins was born in 1726 and named after his father who died some time prior to 1751. The records of the Goldsmiths' Company include the younger Richard's freedom by Patrimony in 1748 and the fact that around 1751 he attempted to have substandard spoons assayed (as well as trying to bribe the assayer to keep the affair quiet). The younger Richard Hawkins also took a number of apprentices who went on to become spoonmakers- Thomas Evans, Nicholas Hearnden and William Simons. Hawkins appears to have taken over the business, but not the premises, of Marmaduke Daintry and continued to trade until around 1764/5. Like Daintry the mark attributed to Richard Hawkins is often found on fancy and shell back spoons.

7984
Pair George III Old English pattern shoulders tablespoons Exeter 1809 Joseph Goss

A George III pair of Old English pattern tablespoons with shoulders made in Exeter in 1809 by Joseph Goss, initialled {RPM}.
Price: £175.00

 


8442
2 Tablespoons A pair of Old English tablespoons, by Stephen Adams London 1803, crested with a demi-lion rampant holding a wreath.
Price: £175.00
5765
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, by John Donald of Glasgow circa 1790, initialled {A McL [over] McL} .
Price: £175.00
6195
2 Tablespoons A pair of Old English pattern tablespoons, by Thomas and William Chawner London 1767, engraved with an unidentified coat of arms (perhaps Continental) .
Price: £175.00
6009
George IV Fiddle pattern tablespoon London 1824 Two duty marks William Bateman

A George IV Old English pattern tablespoon made in London in 1824 (struck with two duty marks) by William Bateman, initialled {H}.
Price: £165.00

The striking of two duty marks on the same silver item in London is an unusual occurence (in London this was not used to show the doubling of Plate Duty in 1797). The exact reason for the two heads on this spoon is unknown.

Provenance: A. B. L. Dove FSA.


8383
Pair George III tablespoons London 1790 George Smith Bright-cut

A pair of George III Old English pattern tablespoons with bright-cut decoration made in London in 1790 by George Smith, initialled {JET}.

Price: £165.00

 

8933
George II pair Hanoverian tablespoons London 1738 Isaac Callard

A George II pair of Hanoverian pattern tablespoons, by Isaac Callard London 1738, crested with a ram's head .
Price: £165.00

Isaac Callard was apprenticed to Paul Hanet in 1708 through finance supplied by the fund known as 'Queen Ann's Bounty'. Isaac registered his first mark in 1726 and was still operating as a spoon maker a short time prior to his death in 1770. He is known to have married a number of times- including to his master's daughter Magdalen by whom he had his only child Paul.

7989z
2 Tablespoons A pair of heavy Hanoverian tablespoons, by John Gorham London circa 1745 (one struck with maker's mark four times), crested with a griffin's head.
Price: £165.00
5488
 Tablespoon

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

3140
An Old English tablespoon with unusual brightcutting, London 1783 by Hester Bateman, initialled JDD.
Price: £165.00
Note: The brightcutting appears in two forms with differing lengths
3141
2 Tablespoons A pair of large Old English tablespoons Dublin, 1799 by John Power initialled {BES}.
Price: £165.00
2941
 Tablespoon An Old English tablespoon with shoulders, London 1806 by Edward Lees overstriking Godbehere, Wigan and Boult, crested with a cubit arm holding a cutlass.
Price: £145.00
3804z
George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon London circa 1730 Charles Jackson A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, by Charles Jackson of London circa 1730 (struck with four maker's marks to simulate assay marks), engraved with an armorial for an unmarried heiress of the Turner or Turnour family.
Price: £155.00
8063
George II Hanoverian tablespoon Shellback London 1744 Ebenezer Coker A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with shell back, by Ebenezer Coker London 1744, initialled {W [over] RM} .
Price: £155.00
7835z
2 Tablespoons A pair of fiddle thread tablespoons, by William Eley and William Fearn London 1798, with unusually decorative engraving of the crest of DE LEVIS above a letter D .
Price: £155.00
6396
 Tablespoon An unusually heavy Old English tablespoon, London 1791 by William Sumner, initialled [TSH].
Price: SOLD
3582
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, by Ker and Dempster Edinburgh 1751 (assay master Hugh Gordon), crested for Grant of Monymusk .
Price:SOLD
6279z
George V apostle spoon St. Nicholas copy 1528 Birmingham 1911 Levi Salaman E. C. Court Ulvaston

A George V copy of an apostle spoon with St. Nicholas finial and inscription by Levi and Salaman Birmingham 1911 in the original box (with retailers stamp for C. E. Court of Ulvaston on the base).
Price:SOLD

In 1953 Commander and Mrs. How described the original spoon made in London in 1528, from which this example was copied, as 'with the exception of the Coronation Spoon, this massive silver-gilt example is probably the most famous of all English spoons'. In 1902 the original was sold at auction for £690 (a record price at the time) and is now in the collection of the Marquess of Bute. It is the only recorded example of a St. Nicholas finial, although the modelling of the finial suggests a 15th century origin so others presumably existed at one time.

St. Nicholas (reputedly 270-343) was an early Christian Bishop of Greek descent and is recorded as having been present at the Council of Nicea in 325. St. Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, prostitutes, brewers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people, students in various cities and countries around Europe and, finally, of children. His early association with secret gift-giving lead to a tradition of presents being given to children on the anniversary of his death (6th December) and he gradually became absorbed into Santa Claus or Father Christmas.

8174
George III Old English tablespoon London 1799 George Smith 3rd battalion of 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot

A George III Old English pattern tablespoon made in London in 1799 by George Smith, crested for the 3rd Battalion of the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot.

Price: £145.00

The 4th Regiment of Foot was raised in 1680 under the command of the Earl of Plymouth (d. 1680), an illegitimate son of Charles II by Catharine Pegg, and sent to defend Tangier. The 4th fought for James II at the battle of Sedgemoor, when he defeated the Duke of Monmouth (elder half brother of the regiment's founder). They changed allegiance in 1688 and fought for William III in the Irish campaign of 1689 to 1691. William III then sent the 4th to Flanders from 1692 to 1697. The War of the Spanish Succession saw the 4th redesignated as marines and deployed to Spain and immediately afterward to Canada. In 1715, while at Windsor, the regiment gained the title of 'The King's Own' and was based in Britain until a brief foray back to Flanders in 1745 before returning home and being deployed at Culloden (where it suffered the heaviest losses on the Hanoverian side). During the Seven Years War (1756-1763) the 4th served in Spain and the West Indies before being stationed in America from 1774 to 1778. After a brief return to St. Lucia the regiment served in many theatres of the conflict with France (including Canada and St. Pierre), before being part of the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in 1799. The early nineteenth century saw the 4th serve in the Peninsular War (1807-1814), the War of 1812 with America and deployment at Waterloo. Later the regiment saw active service in Australia, India, Crimea, Abyssinia and South Africa. During both World Wars the regiment saw service in many theatres of war (including France, Egypt and Malta).

From 1881 the 4th became the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and from 1921 the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). Throughout this period the regiment was composed of many battalions (depending on the military needs of the time) but the 3rd Battalion referred to on this spoon was raised in 1799 and disbanded when the Peace of Amiens was signed with France in 1802.

There is a museum commemorating the history of the Regiment in Lancaster.

 


8783
George II Hanoverian tablespoon Edinburgh 1748 Hugh Gordon Kerr Dempster

A George II Hanoverian tablespoon made in Edinburgh in 1748 (assay master Hugh Gordon) by Kerr and Dempster, crested with a hand holding a dagger around which is wound a snake below the motto FORTI ET FIDELI NIL DIFFICILE.

Price: £145.00

The crest and motto may be variants on those used by members of the McCarthy or O'Callaghan families.

 

 


8765
George II Hanoverian tablespoon shell back London 1748 Marmaduke Daintry A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with shell back, by Marmaduke Daintry London 1748, initialled {EB} and dated 1749 .
Price: £145.00
7834z
George III hanoverian tablespoon Ebenezer Coker London 1779 A George III Hanoverian tablespoon of heavy gauge, by Ebenezer Coker London 1779, crested on the back with a demi-eagle displayed out of a ducal coronet and on the heel with a bird in beak a sprig .
Price: £145.00
7110
 Tablespoon A fancy-back Hanoverian tablespoon by Richard Hawkins London 1759, initialled {MS [over] NH [over] 1760} .
Price: £145.00
6580z
 Tablespoon An Old English tablespoon with scroll back, by Richard Crossley London 1781, initialled {H [over} M W} .
Price: £145.00
2 spoons available
6660
 Tablespoon A Celtic point tablespoon with bright-cut decoration, by John Shiels Dublin 1799 .
Price: £145.00
6036
William IV Fiddle tablespoon Jersey Quesnel

A William IV Fiddle pattern tablespoon made in Jersey c. 1830 by C. W. Quesnel, engraved 'ARWT [over] 13 Fev[rie]r 1832 [over] MAW 1892'.
Price: £140.00

 


8486
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, by Christopher Skinner Dublin 1753, crested with a bird of prey on a stand.
Price: £140.00
5137z
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, by Thomas Walker Dublin 1753, crested with an arm in armour holding a dagger.
Price: £140.00
5136z
George III Fiddle tablespoon Aberdeen James Erskine 1810

A George III Fiddle pattern tablespoon made in Aberdeen circa 1810 by James Erskine, initialled {C}.

Price: £135.00

 

 

 

9033
George III Hanoverian tablespoon London 1759 Coker Hammond

A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, by Ebenezer Coker and Thomas Hammond London 1759, crested with a hound sejant .
Price: £135.00

Ebenezer Coker (d. 1783) was the son of William Coker a cheesemonger from Berkhamstead and was apprenticed to Joseph Smith in 1728. He received his freedom in 1740 (although, unusually, he had registered his first mark in 1738). A spoon by him working alone can be seen above (as stock number 7729). In 1759 he entered a short partnership with Thomas Hammond which only lasted until 1760- during which he assayed this spoon. He was declared bankrupt in 1781.

7753
Hanoverian tablespoon London 1758 Ebenezer Coker

A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, by Ebenezer Coker London 1758, initialled {T [over] BM} .
Price: £135.00

Ebenezer Coker (d. 1783) was the son of William Coker a cheesemonger from Berkhamstead and was apprenticed to Joseph Smith in 1728. He received his freedom in 1740 (although, unusually, he had registered his first mark in 1738). In 1759 he entered a short partnership with Thomas Hammond which only lasted until 1760 (see stock number 7753). Coker was declared bankrupt in 1781.

7729
George II Hanoverian tablespoon London 1733 William Reeve A Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, by William Reeve London 1733, crested with a Talbot .
Price:SOLD
7524z
George VI tablespoon Lincoln impm finial Sheffield 1948 Dixon and Sons

A George VI Fiddle pattern tablespoon with 'Lincoln Imp' finial, by James Dixon and Sons Sheffield 1948 .
Price: £135.00

The Lincoln Imp is a 14th century carving in Lincoln Cathedral. A legend states that the Imp was sent to the cathedral by the Devil to spread mischief but it was turned to stone by an Angel. An 1899 reproduction was placed on the wall of Lincoln College, Oxford and although that one is now inside the college a copy has been installed in its place. The use of the image on silver is associated with the prominent Lincoln citizen James Ward Usher (1845-1921) who inherited a Jewellers and Watchmakers business in the City. In the late 19th century he acquired the sole right to reproduce the Lincoln Imp on jewellery and silver and letters addressed to ‘The Silversmith who makes and sells the Lincoln Imp’ and one with only a sketch of the Imp found their way to him. Usher's personal art collection was left to the City as 'The Usher Gallery' and from 2005 has been merged with the other museums in the City.

7559
Victorian Feather edge neptune tablespoon London  1897 Gibson Langman

A Victorian 'Feather-edge Neptune top' pattern tablespoon made in London in 1897 by Gibson and Langman (also stamped with Registered Design Number).
Price: £130.00

On pages 88-90 of his Silver flatware (1983) Ian Pickford comments that Hanoverian 'Feather-edge Neptune Top' is 'a pattern inspired by mid-eighteenth century decorated Hanoverian. It bears the [design number] 200,844 registered in 1892'. A spoon of 1905, is illustrated on page 89.

2 spoons available

 


8476z
George III Old English Thread tablespoon London 1799 George Smith Harvey Castle Semple

A George III Old English Thread pattern tablespoon, by George Smith London 1799, crested for Harvey of Castle Semple.
Price: £130.00

Castle Semple was completed by the mid sixteenth century by the 1st Lord Semple and the estate was sold by the 12th Baron in 1727 to a younger son of M'Dowall of Garthland. The estate changed hands again when it was sold in 1813 to John Harvey Esq. of Jamaica and Grenada whose family owned it until 1908 (after which it was broken up into smallholdings and the house/castle was finally demolished in 1960).

The purchaser in 1813 was John Harvey (ne Rae) who died in 1820 but had inherited two fortunes from his Harvey relations- one from his mother and one from his maternal uncle. Following this second bequest in 1791 Rae changed his name by Royal Sign Manual to Harvey. A number of marriages between descendants of the Harvey family concentrated inheritances in this branch of the family.

7861
George III Fiddle Thread tablespoon French style London 1794 Richard Crossley

A George III French style Fiddle Thread pattern tablespoon of unusually heavy gauge, by Richard Crossley London 1794 .
Price: £125.00

2 spoons available

7560
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, by A Mc Edinburgh 1789, engraved with a baron's coronet .
Price: £125.00
6052
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, London circa 1745 probably by Ebenezer Coker, crested with an eagle's head, in beak a sprig, all out of a coronet.
Price: £125.00
3628

 

Victorian silver-gilt Napier pattern tablespoon London 1865 George Adams

A Victorian silver-gilt Napier pattern tablespoon made in London in 1865 by George Adams (additionally struck with the Design Registration diamond), crested for Tennant.

Price: £120.00

2 spoons available

Ian Pickford in his Silver Flatware states of Napier pattern that 'the design ... was registered on 10th January 1862 and appears in their pattern book'. The Napiers were a prominent military family, descended from the scandalous second marriage of Sarah Lennox (1745-1826), daughter of the 2nd Duke of Richmond. She and her husband Colonel George Napier (1751-1804) had eight children (five of whom were sons) and three of the sons rose to the rank of General (Charles James is the subject of a statue in Trafalgar Square). A further son became a Captain in the Royal Navy. In addition to this Field Marshall Robert Napier (1810-1890), 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, was from another branch of the family.

 

 

9136
George IV King's Shape Double Threaded pattern tablespoon London 1829 William Eaton Crewe

A King's Shape Double Threaded pattern tablespoon made in London in 1829 by William Eaton, engraved with two crests for the Crewe family.
Price: £120.00

On page 136 of his Silver flatware (1983) Ian Pickford comments that King's Shape Double Threaded is 'a rare pattern listed in the Chawner and Company Pattern Book. Services exist but are rare. Building a service would be extremely difficult'. Two pieces from a service made between 1851 and 1858 are illustrated on the same page of the book.

 


8349
George III Old English pattern tablespoon London 1781 wrigglework border

A George III Old English pattern tablespoon with wrigglework border made in London in 1781 by IS, initialled {WAD} .
Price: £120.00

On 1st November 1781 the London Assay Office issued a directive to move the hallmarks from the near the bowl (bottom marked) to the top of the stem (top marked). This spoon is bottom marked- meaning that it was assayed between 30th May and 1st November 1781.

7313
George III Hanoverian tablespoon London 1763 Benjamin Cartwright A George III Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, by Benjamin Cartwright London 1763, crested with an eagle's head erased .
Price:SOLD
7243
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, by Michael Keating Dublin 1771, initalled {C [over] R M} .
Price: £120.00
5961
 Tablespoon A shell back Hanoverian tablespoon, by RP (Grimwade 3785), probably Robert Perth, London 1753, initialled {F. E. McC}.
Price: £120.00
5621
George III tablespoon London 1796 Peter Ann Bateman Sherwood Foresters

A George III Old English pattern tablespoon engraved with the badge of the Sherwood Foresters made in London in 1796 by Peter and Ann Bateman.

Price: £110.00

A total of 3 spoons available

The 45th Regiment of Foot, also called the 1st Nottingham Regiment and the Sherwood Foresters, was raised in 1741 and served with distinction in North America from the mid 18th century onwards. When it returned to Britain in 1778 it became closely associated with the city of Nottingham, the depleted ranks of the regiment being swelled by local recruitment. The Regiment remained in Britain from 1778 to 1786 before being deployed to the West Indies from 1786 to 1801 (with a brief home posting in 1794). In 1806 they were part of the force sent, unsuccesfully, to attack Monte Video in Peru. Despite the failure of the expedition the 45th was granted the honour of leaving the post it had captured with full military honours- a reward for outstanding courage.

Later in the 19th century the regiment went on to serve in the Peninsular War, Ceylon, Burma, India and Abyssinia. On 1 July 1881 the Childers reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 95th Regiment but it retained the name of form the Sherwood Foresters.

 

9002
George III Old English tablespoon London 1797 J and J Perkins Royal Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

A George III Old English tablespoon engraved with the badge of the Royal Buckinghamshire (King's Own) Light Infantry made in London in 1797 by J. And J. Perkins.

Price: £110.00

The Militias were traditionally raised at times of national threat. Following an embodiment between 1759 and 1783 it was refounded in 1793 in the face of a threat from France. In 1794 the Regiment was granted the titles of Royal and King's Own after being posted to guard George III while he was bathing at Weymouth. Thr threats from France in 1798 and 1813 saw them posted to Ireland.

 

 

8992
George III Old English tablespoon beaded  cartouche Carrington Shield London 1781 John Lambe

A George III Old English pattern tablespoon with beaded borders and an integral cartouche (Carrington Shield variant) made in London in 1781 by John Lambe, initialled {JMM}.

Price: £110.00

 

 

 

9032
George IV Channel Islands tablespoon Jersey 1822 Jacques Quesnel

A George IV Old English pattern tablespoon with bright-cut decoration characteristic of the Channel Islands marked by Jacques Quesnel of Jersey circa 1822, initialled {ELB} and dated 1822.

Price: £110.00

 

 

 

8968
George II Hanoverian tablespoon London 1756 RA 1757

A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon made in London in 1756, engraved {R A} and dated {1 Janu[ary] 1757}.

Price: £110.00

 

8926
George III Old English bright cut tablespoon London 1784 John Lambe dated 1785

A George III Old English pattern tablespoon with bright-cut decoration and unusually clear hallmarks made in London in 1784 by John Lambe, initialled {FS to MV} and dated {1785}.

Price: £110.00

When duty was reintroduced on silver objects in 1784 the Assay Offices instituted a mark showing the King's head to show that this tax had been paid. Instead of being a cameo mark, as all the other hallmarks were, the duty mark was incuse (with the king's head impressed further into the object than the outline of the punch). This punch was only used in London from 1784 to 1785 where the assay year ran from May 30th to May 29th. This spoon, therefore, was assayed prior to May 29th 1785 and presumably sold around that time.

 


8761
George III Old English bright cut tablespoon London 1781 Sumner Crossley

A George III Old English pattern tablespoon made in London in 1781 by William Sumner and Richard Crossley, initialled {F [over] WE}.

Price: £110.00

 

 


8715
Victorian tablespoon unknown pattern Exeter 1846 William Rawlins Sobey

A Victorian tablespoon of an unknown pattern made in Exeter in 1846 by William Rawlins Sobey, initialled {JSH} to {EAEW} on the front and dated 1855 on the reverse.
Price: £110.00

 


8351
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian pattern tablespoon, by Richard Scarlett London 1737 .
Price: £110.00
6591
 Tablespoon An Old English tablespoon, by Hester Bateman London 1775, initialled {JB} .
Price: £110.00
6263
 Tablespoon A Celtic point tablespoon with bright-cut decoration including a florette, by Michael Keating Dublin 1790, initialled {LB} .
Price:SOLD
5905
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, London 1751 possibly by Ebenezer Coker, engraved with a monogram {WW}..
Price: £110.00
5393
2 Tablespoons A pair of Old English tablespoons, by Edward Lees London 1804.
Price: £110.00
5383
 Tablespoon A South African fiddle pattern tablespoon, Cape of Good Hope circa 1840 by Frederik Waldek, initialled {JV}.
Price:SOLD
4070
 Tablespoon A Celtic point tablespoon, Edinburgh 1784 by Alexander Zeigler, initialled {WB}.
Price: £110.00
3800z
 Tablespoon An Old English tablespoon made in London in 1785 by George Smith.
Price: £110.00
3807z
George III Old English pattern tablespoon London 1796 John Blake Northamptonshire Militia

A George III Old English pattern tablespoon engraved with the crest of the Northamptonshire Militia made in London in 1796 by John Blake.

Price: £95.00

The Militias were soldiers raised from the civilian population and were traditionally called on in times of national threat. Following an embodiment between 1763 and 1782, during which it helped to suppress the Gordon riots, the Northamptonshire Militia was refounded in 1793. It was disembodied on the peace of Amiens in 1802 and refounded from 1803-1814 and 1854-1856.

 

 

8990

 

George IV Fiddle Thread tablespoon London 1822 William Eley crest Treacher

A George IV Fiddle Thread pattern tablespoon made in London in 1822 by William Eley, crested for Treacher of Stamford Hill, Middlesex.

Price: £95.00

 

 

9160
George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon London 1750 Tookey Earl Plymouth

A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon by James Tookey London 1750, crested for the Earl of Plymouth.
Price: £95.00

Other Lewis Windsor (1731-1771) inherited the Earldom of Plymouth from his father in 1732. According to the Gentleman's Magazine the Earl, described as a sickly minor of about 4 years old, also inherited a vast estate of 8000 [pounds] a year from his grandfather in 1736. In 1750, following an education at Eton and Queen's College, Oxford, he received his MA and married Catherine Archer, daughter of Thomas 1st Baron Archer (an MP and trustee of the state of Georgia). The Earl of Plymouth was Constable of Flint Castle in 1750 and held the Lord Lieutenancy of Glamorganshire from 1754 until his death.

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George II Hanoverian scroll back tablespoon London 1752 Richard Hawkins

A George III Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with scroll back made in London in 1752 by Richard Hawkins, initialled {CC}
Price: £95.00

This spoon is an unusually early example of a scroll back and it is worth noting that when Marmaduke Daintry, another early exponent of the fancy back, retired in 1753 his apprentices were taken over by Richard Hawkins.

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Hanoverian tablespoon 1759 Coker Hannam A Hanoverian tablespoon, by Ebenezer Coker and Thomas Hannam London 1759, initialled {GC [over] IS} .
Price: £95.00
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George II Hanoverian tablespoon shellback London 1745 James Wilks A Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with a shell back, by James Wilks London 1745, initialled {L [over] A E} .
Price: £95.00
8067
 Tablespoon A Celtic point tablespoon, by Robert Keay (of Perth) Edinburgh 1800, initialled {C}.
Price: £95.00
5467
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian shellback tablespoon by William Penstone III, London 1775 initialled WM.
Price: £95.00
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George III Bright-cut tablespoon London 1797 Bateman

A George III Old English pattern tablespoon with bright-cut decoration, by Peter and Ann Bateman London 1797 , initialled {JMB} .
Price: £90.00

In 1797 the duty paid on silver was doubled and in the provinces this increase was demonstrated by the striking of two duty marks. In London, however, an alteration was made to the existing duty mark by the addition of two cusps. This spoon, struck with unusually clear marks, was therefore assayed between 6th July 1797 and 28th May 1798.

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 Tablespoon A feather-edge tablespoon, by Richard Crossley London 1788, initialled {JMG} .
Price:SOLD
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Hanoverian pattern tablespoon London 1739 Marmaduke Daintry A George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoon made in London in 1739 probably by Marmaduke Daintry, initialled {E [over] TM} .
Price: £85.00
7731
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, by William Soame London 1738 .
Price: £85.00
6345
 Tablespoon An Old English tablespoon, by William Chawner London 1776, crested with a goat's head spotted .
Price:SOLD
6019
 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, by Nicholas Hearnden London 1764, initialled {HB}.
Price: £85.00
5455
 Tablespoon An Old English tablespoon, by Peter and Ann Bateman London 1797, engraved with the arms of DANIEL.
Price: £85.00
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 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, by Ebenezer Coker London 1749, initialled {TM}.
Price: £85.00
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 Tablespoon An Old English thread-and-drop tablespoon, by George Smith of London (maker's mark four times) circa 1770, initialled {JMC} .
Price:SOLD
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George III Old English tablespoon wrigglework London 1782 Thomas Tookey

A George III Old English pattern tablespoon with wrigglework borders, by Thomas Tookey London 1782, initialled {WS} .
Price: £75.00

2 spoons available

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George III Fiddle pattern tablespoon London 1815 Kerschner

A George III Fiddle pattern tablespoon by John Kerschner London 1815, initialled {WSS}
Price: £75.00

John Kerschner was apprenticed to Richard Crossley, his maternal uncle, in 1794 and gained his freedom in 1801. He registered his first maker's mark in 1808 (perhaps indicating that he remained in his uncle's workshop as a journeyman until then) and would go on to register three further marks from four addresses until 1822. His flatware is seen less regularly than that of his uncle and master (who left him a bequest in his will).

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 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon, by James Tookey London 1760, initialled {HEG}.
Price: £75.00
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 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon with shell back, London 1770 by WW (probably William Woodward), initialled {WP [over] IC} and dated 1771 .
Price: £75.00
6112
 Tablespoon An Old English tablespoon, by Richard Crossley London 1795, crested with a dragon.
Price: £75.00
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 Tablespoon A Hanoverian tablespoon by Thomas Wilkinson, London 1767 initialled T over R*E.
Price: £75.00
1839
George III Old English tablespoon London circa 1785 John Lambe London

A George III Old English pattern tablespoon made in London circa 1785 by John Lambe (struck four times with his maker's mark), crested with an eagle predating a baby on a cap of maintenance.
Price: £68.00

Provenance: A. B. L. Dove FSA.


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George III hanoverian tablespoon London 1746 Ebenezer Coker A George III Hanoverian pattern tablespoon with shell back, by Ebenezer Coker London 1746 .
Price: £65.00
7295
 Tablespoon A feather-edge tablespoon with shoulders, by William Sumner and Richard Crossley London 1781 (top marked), initialled {W} .
Price:SOLD
6284
 Tablespoon A fiddle pattern tablespoon, by J. and A. Savory London 1853 crested with a bear on a crest coronet above the initials {ISOG} on the front, and a bird's claw on the heel.
Price: £52.00
2 spoons available
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