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what a fantastic looking item, the engraving is superb

Nigel

Well, that is something l never thought off "egg spoon" normally at auctions and selling sites called mustard or condiment spoons, will keep an eye out in future, very interesting

Nigel
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Hi Den

l would call it a mustard spoon, not sure if you require this info but the maker is William Eaton, assayed 1834 London

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Nigel
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Hi

You are right with the maker and date, this is his fourth mark entered 5th July 1758 he died on the 2nd July 1775, to quote Grimwades "His work mostly hollow -ware, tankards and coffee pots is good but rarely inspired"

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Nigel
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Hi Miriam

H W King and Son.

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Nigel
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as it is Birmingham it was made by Lioyd Paine & Amiel, jewellers of Thomas Street Manchester

Nigel

Hi Nigel Can you describe the makers or town mark, it appears to be the 1902 date mark for London, this would be spot on for Liberty as in 1901 they formed Liberty & Co (Crymic) Ltd, when such artists as Knox, Silver and Cuzner were used. The Makers mark though sadly does not appear to be Libert...

If it is a "H" then with the duty mark would make it assayed in London 1883, as for the maker it would be the right date for Thomas Johnson, but that is the easy bit, there appears to be two Thomas Johnsons with very similar marks, my favorite is Thomas Johnson l, the reasons are as follow...

The maker is Mappin & Webb, the dates are 1904/5 (i) and 1905/6 (k)
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Nigel
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Buckler

Many thanks for a well detailed and intresting reply, l can now put them on my website with confidence of who the maker is.

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Nigel

ps another Bucklemaker making tongs :-) !!

The makers mark on these tongs is quite distinctive, but who is it ? Thomas Farren's mark is very similar (Grimwades 2755) but he was presumed dead by 1743 which would make these a bit early for cast tongs, the next candidate would be Thomas Fair which except for the star shaped pellets (Grimwades 2...

The maker is J A Scholes

Nigel

Are there any other marks?

Nigel

Cast Tongs were not made by Bucklemakers, out of the 50 plus pairs of cast tongs l have, to the best of my knowledge only two of the makers Montigue and Burrows registered as such during the period they entered marks at Goldsmiths Hall, and this was only for a short time in between changing from Sma...

Hi Ed

You are correct, Henry Holland entered two marks, this one on the spoon was his first mark entered in 1840 and used up unto 1860 when another different mark was entered.

Also on this spoon you have what is known as "Journeyman marks" (the two small dots)

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Nigel
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Buckler (Quote taken from " Georgian Silver Sugar Tongs" by Graham Hodges) Quite often Cast Tongs would not come out of the casting process unblemished and needed to be touched up at this time l have over 50 pairs of these items and the amount which have not been repaired are few and far b...

Just like to say that although l cannot argue with Buckler and his observations about the Batemans in the later years, what should not be forgotten is that the remarkable thing about Hester Bateman is that a women who could not write at the age of fifty took over her husbands company and made her ma...

Hi

l do not know the original maker, but it was imported by Samuel Boyce Landeck, who worked from Camden Square London, F is the import mark used from 1867-1904

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Nigel
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Can l just say what three stunning objects

Nigel
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The mark is of a company called Payton Pepper & Sons they started in 1882 and went limited in 1898, this mark was used between 1901 and 1914 (when l believe they finished) this works in with the date mark of 1901-1902 They worked from Vyse Street Birmingham The mark is PPL D (lower case) Regards...