London tea caddy spoon? Crown over "N" date?

[Aguest]

Hello hallmark heroes and heroines,

Here we have a tea caddy spoon with the lion passant, the head of a king, a maker's mark "GE & Co." and a crown over N mark.

I have not been able to figure out this spoon. If there is no leopard, was it made in London?
If the "N with the crown over it" mark is a date mark, I haven't been able to find this symbol in any date letter chart.

All help would be much appreciated

[dognose]

Hi,

Great find!

Not London, but Sheffield. The maker is George Eadon, George Kibbles & John Weaver. The year of assay was 1800.

I don't recall seeing anything by that maker before.

Trev.

[Aguest]

Thanks for your help!!!!

I did suspect that it was Sheffield, so this thread should be moved over into the Sheffield sub-forum,
but I still don't understand why this piece lacks the town mark for Sheffield.

Everything makes sense except the lack of the Sheffield town mark, so I was confused.

[dognose]

Hi,

The topic is already in the Sheffield forum.

The Sheffield town mark is there, it's incorporated into the date letter to save space on smaller items.

Various examples are shown here: http://www.925-1000.com/dlc_sheffield.html

Trev.

[Aguest]

I did find the name George Eadon & Co. from a few auction houses that had very large pieces on display.

If this is the first one you have ever seen, it must be rare indeed!!!

I wish there was some way I could thank you for all of your help, I truly admire your dedication.

In Argentum Veritas!!!!