Help with marks

[joho]

Hi- can anyone help with these marks on a fiddle pattern teaspoon c 1820. Maker possibly I.L. Date letter R seems to be over striking another mark, with possibly a turret in it. Newcastle or Exeter? Thanks John

[dognose]

Hi John,

I would say that it's John Lake of Exeter, 1813.

See: http://www.925-1000.com/dlExeter.html

Trev.

[joho]

Wow - that was quick. Thanks Trev. Regards John

[Granmaa]

Hi,

That's more likely John Legg of Exeter. He was sending spoons to the Assay Office between 1809 and 1814, fitting in with your spoon.
John Lake was a small-time jeweller of Taunton. He sent 13 gold rings to the Assay Office on one occasion in 1800.

Miles