Robert Smeaton Spoons

[niceguy1]

Hello

I have these 3 spoons by Robert Smeaton of Leith 1819. Two spoons have the additional mark of J&WM, who was that?

I also noticed that although all three have the date letter N for 1819, the ones that have the added J&WM have a pellet in the N vs. the other one has a regular N, why is that? Also the letters RS are smaller in size but interestingly on all 3 spoons the duty head is smudged.

[techsol]

Hi,

The J&WM mark is of the Edinburgh maker James & William Marshall. This mark has previously been seen along side that of Robert Smeaton and may possibly have been retailed by them.

Regards,

Martin.

[niceguy1]

Thank you Martin for the information.

Any thoughts on the extra dot in the date letter? & why the makers initials are smaller?

[techsol]

Hi,

Not sure about this, I have enlarged the image of the hallmarks, is it definitely an n with a pellet or could it be a capital H? As for the smaller RS, this is probably because more than one makers mark punch was in use.

Martin.