Many thanks Tom, how fascinating! I wonder how on earth it ended up in NZ? That would make it older than our founding document signed in 1840. Perhaps it belonged to the skipper of a trading vessel that settled here.....
Okay, have found this spoon in a box of bits and pieces. Now I know a little about silver and plate, but in NZ we mainly deal with stuff post 1890. This though has me stumped, I have perused lots of sites but an't work out the marks. Probably not helping that they are quite worn. Its not plated, and...