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Hallmakrs on a spoon
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 4:37 am
by harrypotter
Bought this spoon today. Only show the hallmarks here.
The maker is John Lambe, 1789, in London.
The hallmarks are identical to those found in 1809. But from the maker we can deduce that it is produced in 1789.
Re: Hallmakrs on a spoon
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 4:52 am
by harrypotter
By the way, what is the style of this spoon and what it is mainly used for? The length is about 20cm. Thanks a lot.
Re: Hallmakrs on a spoon
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 5:17 am
by AG2012
Hi,
Is there a pellet between I and L ? Not seen here or needs more cleaning.
If not, it could be
John Lias and
1809.
Regards
Re: Hallmakrs on a spoon
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 2:58 pm
by silvermakersmarks
The hallmark is definitely 1789 and not 1809 as by 1809 the orientation of the marks on larger spoons was vertical rather than horizontal. The shape of the punch points towards John Lambe.
A spoon of this size is useful nowadays as a table spoon but I understand that originally it would have been used for soup.
Phil
Re: Hallmakrs on a spoon
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 9:32 am
by harrypotter
There is a dot between those 2 letters.
