Another Colonial Curiosity

Post by **dognose** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:29 pm

Hi,

Here's another colonial spoon that has me stumped. It's a fiddle pattern teaspoon, 5 1/4" (13.5 cm) in length, with marks that have proven very difficult to photograph.

The marks are, Lion Passant, 'C', a crude 'Duty' mark and a makers mark that may be 'ICL', 'TCL', 'TCP' or perhaps 'ICP'.

All thoughts welcomed.

Trev.
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agphile · Post by **agphile** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:14 pm

Welz, Cape Silver, records ICL and JCL makers marks for Johannes Casparus Lotter, 1768-1823, but only on their own or with the figure of Hope. I can't spot any Cape pseudos to match those on your spoon so I hesitate to suggest they might have been those of a supplier to the trade with Lotter adding his own mark, particularly since Lotter was a maker in his own right and not just a retailer.
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Post by **dognose** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:18 am

Hi David,

Thanks for responding. It would be nice to think of it as a previously unrecorded of Lotter. Hopefully someone else has come across something similar with a clearer maker's mark.

Regards Trev.
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