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Hi All. Can anyone shed any light on this 18th century teaspoon. Its appearance dates it to 1720's or 1730's. It is bottom marked with maker's mark IG with a pellet between and a lion passant facing right (not very well struck, but discernable), in a straight-sided rectangular punch. My initial thoughts were that it was from Newcastle, but I am unable to find a Newcastle maker's mark matching IG. Can anyone help!!! Many thanks.
John

Hi John,

Like you, I can find no 'I·G' registered with Newcastle. I'll move the topic to 'Provincial & Colonial'.

Trev.

Thanks Trev. Can you leave it with Newcastle as well as Provincial and Colonial or is that against the rules?

All the best
John

It will continue to appear as a 'Ghost' topic in the Newcastle section. Anyone clicking on the 'ghost' topic will automatically be directed to the original.

Trev.

Many thanks Trev.

John

This spoon (or one the same) is now with me. It feels British with a typical marriage triangle of initials engraved on the back. Although it’s in a typical 1730’s style it’s very well defined so maybe of a later period? I’ve searched Colonial but had no luck so far.

Matt

In the interest of grouping this oddity practice (psuedo right lion and maker initials): viewtopic.php?f=57&p=169295#p169295

Could the "I" be a "J". Don't want to go to far astray, but did Jabez Gorham ever has his own mark in the earliest days?