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ahwt

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iconnumber posted 10-27-2022 08:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ahwt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote




The tea caddy spoon shown above has marks that imitate those of the United Kingdom and were most likely meant to enhance the perceived value of the spoon. I think this spoon predates the time when manufacturers marks became common as its style was from the late 1700s.
I could not find these marks in McGrew’s book, nor could I find anything like the maker’s mark. The first letter of the makers mark is H, but the rest is obscured.
Any ideas as to its maker would be appreciated.

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iconnumber posted 10-27-2022 10:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for wev     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
So those are not the marks for London, 1787? I'm nothing on Brit marks and have little resources, but it would be quite unlikely that an American maker would be imitating British marks at that date.

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iconnumber posted 10-27-2022 10:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Silverpath     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hester Bateman maybe?

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iconnumber posted 10-27-2022 10:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for wev     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
or a reasonable facsimile thereof

[This message has been edited by wev (edited 10-27-2022).]

[This message has been edited by Scott Martin (edited 11-02-2022).]

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iconnumber posted 10-27-2022 10:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Silverpath     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A search shows some similar tea caddy spoons by HB.

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ahwt

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iconnumber posted 10-28-2022 10:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ahwt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks from that information. The lack of a city mark confused me, but on doing a search of other tea caddy spoons from this era it was quite common not to have the London city mark.
The spoon does have a "l" date mark so it is most likely from 1786.
Perhaps on small items the city mark was left off.

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