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Hi all

I have a spoon which I have a few questions about - see image below:

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From my research on this site, I was able to find the following information which, in itself provides me with a mystery.

City mark: London - Crowned Leopard head 1478-1822
Sterling Mark: Lion - .925 silver
Date letter C: 1798
Duty Mark: King George III - 1786-1821
Makers Mark: GS - registered in 1848

My conundrum is that the makers mark is from 1848 and the date letter seems to be clearly 1798.....

I have only used 925-1000.com for research as I do not have any books.

Any help would be appreciated.

Bob

Hi Bob,

I remember your original post. From memory, member Oel indentified the date as 1798, and with that date I agree, but we were a bit stumped regarding the actual maker, in theory, it should be easy, I see it as George Smith IV, who was by trade a spoonmaker, but..... GS IV according to Grimwade, did not enter his first mark until the 20th June 1799. The use of the date letter 'C' would have been discontinued as from the 29th May 1799. Again, from memory, member Oel considered the possibility that the mark may have been that of George Smith II, but at this date GSII was in partnership with his former apprentice,Thomas Hayter.

My only thoughts at the moment are that possibly Grimwade noted the date incorrectly, or that there was some delay at Goldsmiths' Hall regarding the recording of GS IV's registration.

My apologies to Oel if I have done him a injustice. Hopefully he will add his own thoughts.

Trev.