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Thanks all for your thoughts and correcting the date of the piece - much appreciated! Will keep looking and keep this thread updated if I find any further info.
L

Agreed, it would be good to cross-check company records for anyone who has access.

Just to add that a few more hints lie in the titles associated with the dates above: I know that the Loriners have an "Under Warden" and then an "Upper Warden" whereas the Goldsmiths number them, I think, and have ...

Hi all,
A possible correction to this post: presumedly those dates for SA I relate to membership of the Loriners' Company not Goldsmiths'?
Best,
Luke


First mark as Bucklemaker 5 February 1774 at 3, St Annes Lane

7 April 1773
Livery

Bucklemaker marks until 1787, although according to Grimwade he ...

Hi all,

Any thoughts on the maker of this spoon? To my eye it looks like 'SM' rather than 'WS' but open to feedback on that!

Ribbed Hanoverian pattern spoon engraved 1728 which seems to be bang on with the feel of the spoon. Distinctive drop to the back of the bowl that may be a clue to where it ...

Thank you so much! These looks very promising indeed. I'll try to follow up this lead and keep this thread updated with any progress. I guess the main challenge is to understand the relationship between the arms of the 'main' shield and those of the inescutcheon.
L

Hi all,

Not really sure where to start with these marks. Assuming the 12 mark is a standard mark for .750? Maker IF. Stylistically I would have assumed the spoon to be first half of the 19th century.

Thanks

L

Thank you Sasropakis for your insight!
On closer inspection, I agree that it's a marquis' coronet.
Have just looked up the marks and the spoon was made somewhere between 1819 - 1838.
Many thanks,
Luke

Hi all - can anyone help identify the arms accolé on this spoon?
Many thanks,
Luke

Thanks Aguest, an interesting question indeed as to whether the mark of Pierre Amraux II may have been used beyond his lifetime. It would be great to hear from other forum users whether there are known illustrations of the crowned PA mark for comparison.

Another interesting thread I came across ...

Hi all - not sure if anything has come across this mark before? I'd estimate the spoon to be c.1800 - sadly in very poor condition, feel like it may have been underground at some point in its life! Maker's mark twice in irregular-shaped punch.
Any thoughts welcome.


https://i.imgur.com/qMdF7bE.jpg ...

Haven't been able to track down the maker of this feather-edge teaspoon. A.MD struck twice - bottom marked. C. 1780? Unusual chased decoration to finial. Any ideas welcome!
L

My gut feeling on this is Indian (or other colonial) but have yet to find an appropriate partnership!

Hi folks,
Just resurrecting an image of the mark!
Cheers,
Luke

Now solved! Indeed turned out to be Australian.

RI = Richard Ivey (active 1945 - 2000's ; Adelaide)
Used symbol of crescent moon as this is the alchemical symbol for silver.

The above from an excellent book: Marks on Australian silver : 1950-2005 by Christine Erratt

On a Hanoverian teaspoon, marked London 1789, curious crest as pictured surmounted by a Duke's coronet. I can't seem to find a Duke at this date with this crest...... any thoughts welcome!!

‘EH’ Cypher. Armorial escutcheon (Argent 3 bars Sable) surmounted by a Marquis’ coronet. Hoping having the initials will help here!

A double headed eagle displayed, crowned and ducally-gorged bearing an armorial escutcheon. Silver spoon c 1850. Any help appreciated .... not sure what the device is in chief?

A better picture of front and also cypher on the reverse:

Hello all! I have an Antique 1817-1818 Georgian Sterling Silver Meat Skewer By William Chawner London with a crest on the front of it. Was wondering if anyone might recognize it. Thanks!

https://i.postimg.cc/KjJpNqzz/IMG-1325.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/mk2Q9rNH/IMG-1324.jpg

Hello,
I believe ...

Hello,

No, not a Marquess.

The crown shown is known as a 'Ducal coronet' (not to be confused with a Duke's coronet) or sometimes called a 'crest coronet'. It does not denote rank, but is just part of the design of the crest.
It looks to me like the crest is: "Out Of A Ducal Coronet An Eagle's Head ...