Lion passant facing right

[joho]

Hi All. Can anyone shed any light on this 18th century teaspoon. Its appearance dates it to 1720's or 1730's. It is bottom marked with maker's mark IG with a pellet between and a lion passant facing right (not very well struck, but discernable), in a straight-sided rectangular punch. My initial thoughts were that it was from Newcastle, but I am unable to find a Newcastle maker's mark matching IG. Can anyone help!!! Many thanks.
John

[dognose]

Hi John,

Like you, I can find no 'I·G' registered with Newcastle. I'll move the topic to 'Provincial & Colonial'.

Trev.

[joho]

Thanks Trev. Can you leave it with Newcastle as well as Provincial and Colonial or is that against the rules?

All the best
John

[dognose]

It will continue to appear as a 'Ghost' topic in the Newcastle section. Anyone clicking on the 'ghost' topic will automatically be directed to the original.

Trev.

[joho]

Many thanks Trev.

John

[mk209]

This spoon (or one the same) is now with me. It feels British with a typical marriage triangle of initials engraved on the back. Although it’s in a typical 1730’s style it’s very well defined so maybe of a later period? I’ve searched Colonial but had no luck so far.

Matt

[Traintime]

In the interest of grouping this oddity practice (psuedo right lion and maker initials): viewtopic.php?f=57&p=169295#p169295

[Traintime]

Could the "I" be a "J". Don't want to go to far astray, but did Jabez Gorham ever has his own mark in the earliest days?