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Possibly Irish silver???
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:12 pm
by Pope54321
Hi my friend has recently asked me to help him find out the hall marks on this spoon. He informs me that it might be Irish but isn't sure. Please help! Thank you in advance!
Re: Possibly Irish silver???
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:40 am
by scorpio
Hi Pope,
It has a lion passant mark so definitely not Irish. I'll leave it up to the experts on English silver to comment further.
Re: Possibly Irish silver???
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 7:08 am
by Pope54321
Thank you Scorpio for the swift reply
Re: Possibly Irish silver???
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:38 pm
by silvermakersmarks
This is a London hallmark, sufficiently distinctive despite the lack of the crowned leopard's head town mark. The date letter d is for 1819 and the maker, IH, is John Harris IV, a well-known spoon maker. He is known as John Harris IV because he is the fourth John Harris to be entered into the Goldsmiths' Company, not because of any blood relation to the previous three.
Phil
Re: Possibly Irish silver???
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:56 pm
by Pope54321
Wow thanks for your help Phil, Hugely appreciated!