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M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
EARLY BRITISH TABLE SILVER
With Specialty in the Hanoverian Pattern
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We specialize in the Hanoverian pattern (above), with its excellent weight, simple sculptural form and perfect balance. Spoons are available with both rattail and drop heels, and also pattern backs. Forks and knives are available as we can find them, which is quite difficult in good condition. Although teaspoons were not part of the meal (early teaspoons being 4.75" long), we also offer various forms, some with patterned backs - excellent not only for collectors, but for condiments, espresso spoons, and feeding spoons. At this time, we also have several selections of mid-18th century Onslow pattern, with cast scrolled terminals.
We also offer late trefid and dognose (wavy-end) spoons, and select serving pieces in the Old English, Fiddle and Kings patterns.
We purchase only those flatware examples with presence suitable for the table or collecting. We offer selections both in sets, and individually.
EARLY BRITISH TABLE SILVER : A SHORT HISTORY of Spoons . Sets of Table Silver . Forks . Knives . Crests & Monograms Later Georgian Pattern Table Silver . Silver Content & Marks
Home Page: www.mfordcreech.com Silver Page: www.mfordcreech.com/silver.htm Article: Early British Table Silver : A Short History Images & titles below will take you to the detail pages
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Elizabeth I Silver Seal Top Spoon Thomas Benbowe (Crescent Enclosing a Pierced Mullet) London, 1592 The finial prick-engraved (worn) TL over RH (?) Marks good to excellent; traces of original gilding 6.25” Long / 1.2 oz. SOLD
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Rare Charles I Provincial Silver Seal Top Spoon Salisbury, 1640-50 stipple engraved W S Y 1664 Mark: Salisbury, 1640-1650 6-7/8” Long / 1.7 oz.
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Charles II Silver Lace-Back Trefid Spoon Nathaniel Brassey (Bracey), London, 1665 An early example, heavy gauge 8.25” Long / 1.9 oz (The earliest trefid recorded is in 1662). SOLD
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Charles II Silver Lace-Back Trefid Spoon Thomas Issod, London, 1678 (T.Z above a mullet and below a crown) Also with lace top to the terminal 7.5” Long / 1.4 oz.
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William & Mary Trefid Sweetmeat Fork England, c1690 The silver-gilt three-tine fork with a very nice French-forked terminal, the front and back with engraved foliate decoration; unmarked as was often the case in early sweetmeat cutlery 4-1/8” Long SOLD
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Assembled Set of 4 William & Mary / William III Trefid Spoons Francis Archbold, 1698, 1699 (2); 1692, mark rubbed, poss. Archbold (1); 1694, John Cory (1) Each crested en suite with a talbot's head erased 7-5/8" Long (3), 7.75" Long (1) / 5.9 oz.
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Straight Set of 6 Queen Anne Britannia Dognose (Wavy-End) Spoons Andrew Archer, London, 1708-9 Each with contemporary matching crest of a crowned demi-lion rampant 7-7/8” Long / 13.4 oz.
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Set of 6 Queen Anne / George I Britannia Silver Dognose (Wavy-End) Tablespoons (4+2) Thomas Allen (4), London, 1710; John Millington (2), London, 1721 Each crested en suite with a hind’s head erased, out of a ducal coronet 7-7/8” Long / 12.4 total weight
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Assembled Set of 6 Queen Anne - George I / II Hanoverian Rattail Tablespoons London, 1713-1734, with one interesting Provincial example, c1730 Each with rattail attachment, bearing a crest of a crane in dexter a stone 8"-8.25" Long / 11.9 total oz.
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Straight Set of 6 George II Hanoverian Tablespoons Joseph Smith, London, 1738 Each crested front and verso 8” Long / 5.5 oz. Total Weight SOLD
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Rare Set of 4 Cast George II Silver Teaspoons England, c1755 The Bowls with Hens and Chickens / The Handles with a Phoenix among Foliage 4.75" Long / 1.9 oz. SOLD
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Assorted Georgian Hanoverian Scroll & Shell Back Tablespoons Mid 18th Century, London Varying from 7.5" to 8.5" Long / Weights - 1.4 oz. to 2 oz. each Shell Backs - Available Scroll Backs - Sold
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George II/III Silver Marrow Spoons & Scoops 1732-1800 8-3/4" - 9 1/8"
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Set of Four George III Silver Salt Shovels Thomas Wallis, London 1790 Old English pattern, crest of a unicorn’s head erased, & motto 'SALUS PER CHRISTUM' possibly for John Christian Esq., M.A., of Ewanrigg Hall, Cumberland, & Milntown, Isle of Man 4.25” Long / 1 total oz.. SOLD
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Set of Four George III Silver Salt Shovels George Smith, London, 1782 Old English Bead pattern crest of a demi-lion rampant, in paw a branch 4.5" Long / 1.4 total oz. SOLD |
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George III Silver Meat & Game Skewers Peter & William Bateman, London, 1808, engraved HB,13" Long / 3.8 oz. Joseph Barnard, London, 1801, engraved EB, 13-7/8" Long / 3.7 oz. Peter & Anne Bateman, London, 1792, engraved B with flourishes, (game/poultry skewer), 11.5" Long / 1.6 oz.
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John Pittar, Dublin, 1787 Old English Pointed End with bright cut star terminal 7-1/4" Long / 1.5 oz. SOLD
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Set of 9 Silver Hanoverian 3-Tine Forks Francis Higgins, London, 1894 Crested with an eagle, wings elevated, in the mouth and verso with 3 wheat sheaths 7-7/8” Long / 24.1 oz.
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Fine Set of 12 Victorian Silver Dognose (Wavy-End) Dessert Forks George Adams (Chawner & Co.), London, 1878 Of heavy gauge, each engraved to the upside with a Gothic M 6 7/8” Long / 17.5 oz. |
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