Postby Granmaa » Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:41 pm
No problem at all.
The mark to the top of the stem is known as the Hibernia mark which was orinally a duty mark (i.e. to show that the tax had been paid on the silver), but in 1807 it was replaced with the monarchs head and from then on simply acted as the town mark for Dublin.
The next mark is the date letter for 1830-31.
Then the duty mark, which was introduced in 1807. 1830 was of course the year of accession of William IV, but it took them a while to replace the stamps, so this is actually George IV.
The Crowned Harp shows that the correct proportion of silver has been used.
Finally the maker's mark; although I'm not sure exactly who this is. Possibly J. Brady.
This design of spoon is called Fiddle pattern. It became popular (in England at least) around 1800 and continued to be the most popular pattern for at least 80 years.
Hope this has been helpful.
Miles
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Granmaa on Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
