c.1800 Spoon Maker A*G

[Granmaa]

Does anyone recognise this mark? If it weren't for the lack of hallmarks I would have placed this in London.

Miles

[MCB]

Hello Miles,

A note in my lists of makers records an attribution of AG in a rectangle with a star on a 1785 spoon to the Edinburgh maker Alexander Gardiner or Gairdner. Unfortunately there's no cross reference to where that information came from to point you to a reference book. The mark doesn't appear on the Edinburgh web site of makers so at best the attribution is a possible.

Mike

[Granmaa]

Thank you, Mike.
A possible is always better than nothing.

Miles

[Tongtwister]

Hi Miles,

Have a look at

www.silversugartongs.com/edinburgh/Alex ... G1785a.htm

Whilst I may be wrong, I have attributed this mark to Alexander Gairdner. As with Mike, I am not sure how I arrived at this conclusion!!

Regards
Graham

[buckler]

Graham , I suspect that the mark to which you refer is your collection tongs number AGX85200407 . It's virtually sure to the same makers mark as this spoon and as it has a duty mark and a thistle confirms , this mark is almost certainly Scots. Certainly the tongs are! But you attribute the ELG also on the same tongs to a retailer's mark. I would be a bit optimistic and suggest this could be an Elgin smith assaying in Edinburgh.