Code: 13119
This is a nice Georgian silver tablespoon, made in London in c. 1709 by the eminent silversmith Thomas Spackman. The marks are rather worn, but Spackman used this stamp from 1703 - 1716, so it has been dated to c. 1709. Britannia standard silver is purer than Sterling and tends to wear quickly, as seen on this spoon. The back of the handle bears the owner's initials of a letter E
OBJECT: Rat-tail tablespoon
CULTURE: Georgian
DATE: London c. 1709
MATERIAL: Silver
SIZE: 200 mm x 41mm
WEIGHT: 51 grams
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection, Folkestone, United Kingdom
