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.

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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

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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

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.

SOLD

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

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.

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

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.

Straight Set of 6 George I Britannia Dognose (Wavy-End) Spoons

Andrew Archer, London, 1718

Each with contemporary matching crest of a crowned demi-lion rampant

7-7/8” Long /  13.4 oz.

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

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.

SOLD

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

Set of 12 George II/III Silver Dinner Knives

    England, c1760, W.S in a rectangle

The flattened hexagonal shafts with inset gadrooning to each corner, ending in

a leaf scrolled cap; the polished carbon steel scimitar blades possibly original;

each crested with a lion, passant, gardant (Fairbairn's Pl. 120, # 5 -  Batson,

Burrow, De Senlize, Eyre, Holbrook, Marshall, Muriell, Strange)

11.25" Long / 4 lb. 2 oz. total weight

SOLD

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

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

Scroll Backs - Sold

Shell Backs - Pair & Single, Thomas & William Chawner - Available

each side crested, and having a green-dyed wooden handle

George II Silver Pattern-Back Hanoverian Teaspoons

Set of 4, William Shaw & William Priest, London, c1750 - Sold

Set of 4, Benjamin Cartwright I, London, c1750

A Pair, Thomas England, London, 1746

Scottish George II Silver Marrow Spoon

James Glen, Glasgow, 1743-52

Marked IG twice with town mark cast over (Jackson, p.569)

4 oz., 8-7/8” Long

George II/III Silver Marrow Spoons & Scoops

1732-1800

8-3/4" - 9 1/8"

Good Set of 6 Victorian Silver Master Salt Spoons

William Robert Smily, London, 1856

Of very heavy gauge silver, in the Fiddle, Thread, and Shell pattern,

double struck with shell to terminal upper and verso, and to bowl verso

4.5" Long / 6 Oz. Total

Pair of George III Silver Small Ladles

Thomas Northcote, London 1778-9

Old English Thread, with shell bowls,

crested to the terminal : plume of 5 feathers out of a ducal coronet,

1.8 oz, 5-7/8" Long

SOLD

George III Silver Meat & Game Skewers

Peter & William Bateman, London, 1808, engraved HB,13" Long / 3.8 oz. (SOLD)

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. (SOLD)

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

.SOLD 

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.