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  EXCEPTIONALLY RARE WEST COUNTRY

QUEEN ANNE BRITANNIA STANDARD CANON HANDLE HASH SPOON

John Elston, Exeter, 1709

 


 

 

 


 

A rare provincial canon handle spoon of large size and heavy gauge Britannia standard silver,

the oval bowl, flattened to the bottom and with rattail attachment,

fully marked to the center and engraved verso HS over HD,

attached to a long tubular 'canon' (also called 'cannon') handle having two spaced rings and

ending in a terminal with domed swelling and a triangular air hole, surmounted by a baluster finial

 

 

 

Marks :

Excellent marks, the maker's mark rubbed to the left side,

registered 1701 (Jackson's Revised, 2009, p. 292)


Accompanied by the 2008 purchase receipt

  


 

Longer handled hash or serving spoons with tubular handles were introduced in the late Charles II period.

Produced until about 1725, sizes typically ran between 14" and 16".

Made in sections, the hollow handle was an invention to prevent burning the hands of the user.

Eventually the hollow tube was proven to be impractical because it was easily bent or split.

The 17-1/8" length of this spoon is exceptional, as is the early West Country origin.

These spoons are referred to both as 'basting' and 'serving' spoons,

the largest often as  'hash' spoons.

Provincial examples are excessively rare.

 

John Elston (d. 1732) was Exeter's most successful goldsmith of the early 18th century - 

also assisting in establishing the Exeter Assay Office in 1701 and becoming Mayor in 1727.

By the end of the 17th century, Exeter was entering a 'golden age' of trade and commerce.

Much of the wealth had resulted from the important West Country trade in wool and cloth.

This new class of patrons demanded a wide variety of domestic silverware.

In 1700, Exeter, Chester, Bristol, Norwich and York established their own assay offices.

The assaying of Exeter plate, begun in 1701, continued only until 1883.

Elston's workshop was continued by his brother Philip (free 1701),

and son John Elston II (mark entered 1723).

 


 

Ref : Kent, West Country Silver Spoons & Their Makers, 1550 - 1750, p.87-88, including the marks

 

Condition : Remarkably good for age; no splits or repairs observed (if present, imperceptible);

the surface with expected tiny dents that come with age; very good patination

 

17-1/8" (43.5 cm) Long / The Bowl, 4" x 3-1/2" x 1" Deep

Weight : 7.1 oz. /  4 fluid oz. Volume

 

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#6972

 

 

Shown Above with a James I Silver Apostle Spoon, James the Less,

John Saunders, London, 1616, 7" Long

 


 

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 A Rare Queen Anne West Country Canon-Handled Hash (Serving) Spoon, Exeter, 1709, John Elston