Britannia Hanovarian Spoon 1705

[rhodrit]

HI all I have this Hanovarian Table Spoon.




As far as I can tell it dates 1705 (1697 ruled out from the spoons style ). If someone could confirm this date it would be appreciated. Even this seems early to me for a hanovarian table spoon, can anyone advise me when the earliest examples are seen.

Thanks,
Rhodri

[trevorg]

Hello Rhodrit,

By chance my copy of the Finial has just arrived (the magazine of the Silver Spoon Club of Great Britain) and in it is a lengthy informative article on early Hanovarian spoons by Richard Stagg. To cut it short the earliest Hanovarian pattern spoon that he recalls is a London example from 1705/6 with other London spoons from 1708 and provincial spoons from the same date. Indeed he illustrates the article with a York spoon he has in his collection dated 1709/10. From the photograph I would not disagree with the date you attribute to the spoon and if so this would put your spoon as one of the earliest London examples. A great find!

Regards,
Trevor.

[dognose]

Hi Rhodri,

I'm just wondering if that date letter is maybe 1712?



Trev.

[rhodrit]

Hi Trev,
Thanks for your reply. Until you blew the photo up I hadn't noticed the little remains of the rest of the shape but you are definitely correct. 1712 it is! I got excited for a minute there : )
Thanks again
Rhodri