Teaspoon Help

[husslebussle]

Hi there,

Just wondering if anyone had any ideas about this teaspoon? Always assumed if there is no city mark then it's generally London,

http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad29 ... photo5.jpg
http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad29 ... photo4.jpg
http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad29 ... photo3.jpg
http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad29 ... photo2.jpg
http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad29 ... photo1.jpg

Sorry about the links but photobucket has changed in the last ten years - sigh.

Regards,

Edward
husslebussle

[silvermakersmarks]

On the balance of probabilities London is the most likely assay location for this spoon, especially as provincial assay offices don't tend to have bevelled corners on their lion passant punches. I would hazard a guess that the maker might be George Smith II who first entered a plain GS mark with the letters filling the punch in 1775.

Phil

[husslebussle]

Thank you so much Phil,

Regards,

Edward