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c1720 Great Set 13 English Britannia/Sterling Silver Queen Anne Rattail Spoons
c1720 Great Set 13 English Britannia/Sterling Silver Queen Anne Rattail Spoons
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Presented is an excellent set of 13 antique Georgian English rattail spoons, dating to circa 1709-1729. This is an assembled set, with varying crests, makers, and dates, but the spoons match wonderfully in their Queen Anne style, having prominent rattail designs to the backs of the bowls and rounded, up-turned tips to the handles with a pip on the front. The spoons range a little in size, quite useable in the soup spoon, dessert, or teaspoon place of a setting. All but three of the spoons are Britannia silver, which has a purity of 958/1000. The other three are sterling silver, which is 925. The set has some very interesting engraved crests: four have a crest of a maunch (lady's sleeve) in a very ornate lozenge-shaped escutcheon, as sometimes used by unmarried women, widows, or other ladies who for whatever reason are displaying coats of arms; two have a demi-bull gorged emergant from a mural crown; one has a C monogram; one has a monogram of AJC in script; one has a lion's head; one has an eagle affronty emergant from a crown; one has an armorial crest quartered by chevrons; two are blank. Of the ones with crests, they are quite detailed and well engraved, despite their size.
All of the spoons have English hallmarks, though some are partially worn. The four spoons with the maunch crest have the seated Britannia mark for Britannia purity silver (958), the lion's head erased for the city of London, the date letter for 1711, and a maker's mark for Henry Greene. The marks are present to varying degrees, but this was clearly part of a set. The two spoons with a demi bull crest have the Britannia and lion's head marks, with the date letter for 1714, no legible maker's mark. The spoon with a quartered shield crest has the Britannia and lion's head marks, with a maker's mark for Samuel Hitchcock, active c1713-1723, but the specific date letter is rubbed. The spoon with the C monogram has the Britannia mark, the lion's head, the date letter for 1709, and a maker's mark partially legible. The spoon with the lion's head crest has the Britannia and lion's head marks, with a partial date letter likely for 1729. One of the blank spoons has the Britannia and lion's head marks, with a maker's mark for Andrew Archer, with no visible date letter but this maker used this mark circa 1703-1718. The spoon with the three letter monogram has the lion passant for sterling silver, the leopard's head for the city of London, a maker's mark for Edward Jennings, and the date letter H for 1723. The spoon with the eagle crest has the lion passant for sterling, the leopard's head crowned for London, the date letter K for 1725 and a partially obscured maker's mark. The other blank spoon has the lion passant for sterling, the leopard's head crowned for London, the date letter O for 1729, and the maker's mark IW, likely for James Wilks.
This set is in great condition, particularly for its age. There is a little nick to the edge of the bowl of one spoon. Some surface wear, a little rounding to the tips of the bowls, all as expected. No splits, no breaks, no repairs, no monogram removals.
The spoons, as an assembled set, range a bit in size, from about 6 1/4 inches to about 6 7/8 inches long.
The total weight for the set is 465 grams or 16.4 regular ounces. -jm
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All of the spoons have English hallmarks, though some are partially worn. The four spoons with the maunch crest have the seated Britannia mark for Britannia purity silver (958), the lion's head erased for the city of London, the date letter for 1711, and a maker's mark for Henry Greene. The marks are present to varying degrees, but this was clearly part of a set. The two spoons with a demi bull crest have the Britannia and lion's head marks, with the date letter for 1714, no legible maker's mark. The spoon with a quartered shield crest has the Britannia and lion's head marks, with a maker's mark for Samuel Hitchcock, active c1713-1723, but the specific date letter is rubbed. The spoon with the C monogram has the Britannia mark, the lion's head, the date letter for 1709, and a maker's mark partially legible. The spoon with the lion's head crest has the Britannia and lion's head marks, with a partial date letter likely for 1729. One of the blank spoons has the Britannia and lion's head marks, with a maker's mark for Andrew Archer, with no visible date letter but this maker used this mark circa 1703-1718. The spoon with the three letter monogram has the lion passant for sterling silver, the leopard's head for the city of London, a maker's mark for Edward Jennings, and the date letter H for 1723. The spoon with the eagle crest has the lion passant for sterling, the leopard's head crowned for London, the date letter K for 1725 and a partially obscured maker's mark. The other blank spoon has the lion passant for sterling, the leopard's head crowned for London, the date letter O for 1729, and the maker's mark IW, likely for James Wilks.
This set is in great condition, particularly for its age. There is a little nick to the edge of the bowl of one spoon. Some surface wear, a little rounding to the tips of the bowls, all as expected. No splits, no breaks, no repairs, no monogram removals.
The spoons, as an assembled set, range a bit in size, from about 6 1/4 inches to about 6 7/8 inches long.
The total weight for the set is 465 grams or 16.4 regular ounces. -jm
