Marrow Scoop Maker

[Granmaa]

This marrow scoop with a worn fancy-back was made in 1757 in London. The maker's mark is R:H or R:E. I can't find him in Grimwade or Jackson's; is it possible that he was one of the makers in the missing smallworker's register?

Miles


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[georgiansilver]

The first person who came to mind for the period was Richard Evans.... but I (sorry, from memory) believe he had only one dot between his initials...
Sorry not to be of more help Miles.
Best wishes, Mike.
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[dognose]

Hi Miles,

I suspect you are correct that this maker is probably an entrant in the missing Smallworkers Register 1739-1758.
However, as time goes on, more and more of these makers are being identified, so don't give up hope yet, and there is always the chance that missing register will, one day, turn up.

Regards Trev.
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[Granmaa]

Thankyou all for your replies.

I think Richard Evans is too late for this scoop, but Roger Hare might be a candidate if the paucity of information on him is because of the missing register.
Whoever it was, he really did make a fine quality marrow scoop.

Miles
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[Miss Ray]

In response to Trev's hope that the missing Smallworkers' Register, 1739-1758, might one day turn up, I have to point out that John Culme investigated this problem eight or nine years ago and published his findings in 'Trade of fancy: new findings from eighteenth century London,' published The Silver Society Journal, vol. 12, Autumn 2000, pp. 98-110. Although the evidence is only circumstantial, he came to the conclusion that both this register and that for the Largeworkers were destroyed by accident in a fire at the temporary London Assay Office on 29 July 1830, during the construction of the present Goldsmiths' Hall.

Miss Ray
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