Unknown Silver Marks. Can Anyone Help?

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Unknown Silver Marks. Can Anyone Help?

Postby reapp » Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:20 pm

I recently acquired this spoon, and was hoping someone might could help with the marks.
The first mark is a lower case f in an inverted shield, the second is a walking lion in a double pointed shield, and the last is what appears to be a lions head in inside a shield. As for the fourth mark, which I assume is the makers mark, it is two sets of stacked initials, the first being "J.W." and the second being "F.C." Can anyone shed light as to the origin of this pretty little spoon? Thanks in advance.

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Re: Unknown Silver Marks. Can Anyone Help?

Postby oel » Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:34 am

Hi welcome to the forum,

It is a copy of a coronation spoon. The silver gilt spoon has an oval bowl, divided into two lobes, engraved with acanthus scrolls. The bowl is joined to the stem by a stylised monster's head, behind which the stem flattens into a roundel, flanked by four pearls, and a band of interlaced scrolling, with another monster's head; the end of the tapering stem is spirally twisted, and terminates in a flattened knop.See:
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/colle ... tion-spoon.
Date letter f for 1901, to to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII.
The maker's mark is a bit unclear, please provide us with a clear image and perhaps one of our other members can assist you.

Oel

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Re: Unknown Silver Marks. Can Anyone Help?

Postby silvermakersmarks » Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:59 am

There is enough of the maker's mark there to say that it is that of Wakely & Wheeler: JW over FCW = James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler.

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