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Hello,

The marks are for the short lived father & son partnership of John and Charles Catton of Gibraltar, c.1804-10.

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Great little spoon, it is most likely that the triple maker's mark only was used on York silver at the earliest period of the partnership, BUT very little has ever been seen (to my best knowledge ten to fifteen pieces at most) which would reflect a very poor output of silver for a six year period (1...

In Hugh Murrays excellent book on York Goldsmiths there is an entry for Henry Preston: Son of William and Elizabeth Preston of Easingwold, bricklayer. Apprenticed to Henry Steward, watchmaker, indenture 7 sept 1829, 7 years, consideration £50. (free 23 July 1838) Silversmith and Jeweller of 8 Parli...

The script conjoined mark is definitely 'JG' and may relate to a member of the Goss family. I have noted it on at least two other pairs of sugar tongs.