Lion passant facing right

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joho
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Lion passant facing right

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Hi All. Can anyone shed any light on this 18th century teaspoon. Its appearance dates it to 1720's or 1730's. It is bottom marked with maker's mark IG with a pellet between and a lion passant facing right (not very well struck, but discernable), in a straight-sided rectangular punch. My initial thoughts were that it was from Newcastle, but I am unable to find a Newcastle maker's mark matching IG. Can anyone help!!! Many thanks.
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Hi John,

Like you, I can find no 'I·G' registered with Newcastle. I'll move the topic to 'Provincial & Colonial'.

Trev.
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Thanks Trev. Can you leave it with Newcastle as well as Provincial and Colonial or is that against the rules?

All the best
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It will continue to appear as a 'Ghost' topic in the Newcastle section. Anyone clicking on the 'ghost' topic will automatically be directed to the original.

Trev.
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Many thanks Trev.

John
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This spoon (or one the same) is now with me. It feels British with a typical marriage triangle of initials engraved on the back. Although it’s in a typical 1730’s style it’s very well defined so maybe of a later period? I’ve searched Colonial but had no luck so far.

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In the interest of grouping this oddity practice (psuedo right lion and maker initials): viewtopic.php?f=57&p=169295#p169295
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Could the "I" be a "J". Don't want to go to far astray, but did Jabez Gorham ever has his own mark in the earliest days?
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