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agphile Posts: 798 |
posted 08-07-2009 08:54 AM
  
 At first sight this teaspoon might be described as Old English feather-edged with a split double drop. I hope my picture is clear enough to reveal that instead of normal feather edging it has what I think of as a serrated edge – a series of short incisions round the front edge of the stem. This is not something I have come across on any other spoon. It carries just a maker’s mark struck twice: IA with a device above. A similar mark is recorded in the “old” Jackson for an unidentified Guernsey maker, found on a cup with the engraved date 1776. Ian Pickford’s revised Jackson does not include Channel Island marks and I am told the mark is not listed in Mayne’s books on Channel Island silver (I don’t own copies). I am therefore uncertain how confident, if at all, I can be about the Guernsey attribution though a date in the 1770s would fit the style of the spoon. I would be interested to know whether others have come across other examples of this serrated edge decoration or can throw more light on the mark. IP: Logged |
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FWG Posts: 845 |
posted 08-07-2009 02:09 PM
It actually is in Mayne's Channel Island Silver (p.105), as an unknown Guernsey maker c.1763-1807. Listed as seen on 13 christening cups, 1 baluster mug, 1 3-footed cream jug, 1 snuffer tray, 1 tablespoon and uncounted teaspoons. None of the spoons are illustrated there, though, so no good comps. But the mark is definitely the same. IP: Logged |
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agphile Posts: 798 |
posted 08-07-2009 04:12 PM
Many thanks. My previous informant clearly didn't bother to look properly. It is good to know one can rely on friends in this forum. I am most grateful. [This message has been edited by agphile (edited 08-07-2009).] IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 08-07-2009 08:51 PM
That's funny. I bought a Channel Islands spoon from a dealer who said the same thing, that it wasn't in the books on Channel Islands silver, so he didn't know where it was from. When I did get a copy of Mayne, there it was! To be fair, I've done the same thing; neglecting my own reference materials. Brent IP: Logged |
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