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Collection of 3 18th Century Miniature Toy or Snuff Rat Tail Spoons - David Clayton, William Scarlett
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Reference: S11367
Period: George I
Year: Circa 1720
Silversmith: David Clayton
Place: London
Price: $ 460.00
Weight: 9 grams
Dimensions: 5.9 cm to 8.8 cm
Condition: Fair, see descriptions below, repair to 1 spoon.
Description: A collection of 3 18th century miniature toy or snuff spoons, all 3 with rattails dating circa 1720. The first is by David Clayton, this spoon is 5.9 cm long and weighs 1 gramme, makers mark only (gothic script DC, Grimwade 452). This spoon is dainty with long elegant handle, and has character, it is well used, scratches, kinks to handle and bowl, but no repairs. The second is possibly William Scarlett, with clear lion passant and partial marks mark ? /S, this spoon is 8.2 cm, weighs 4 grammes, slight kinks to bowl but otherwise good condition. The third spoon has no hallmarks, it has an old repair halfway down the handle, with inserted silver bar joining the 2 halves, this spoon is 8.8 cm and weighs 4 grammes. Even without hallmarks and with an old repair, we really like this spoon. David Clayton is perhaps the most famous English silversmith who specialized in miniatures, and to quote from Wikimedia - "David Clayton was a renowned English silversmith from London active from around 1697. His work is exhibited in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At the time, it was fashionable to collect dollhouses filled with miniature furniture, paintings and silverware and some eighteenth-century Dutch and English silversmiths, including Clayton, specialized in the making of silver miniature replicas of household objects.
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18th Century Miniature Toy or Snuff Rat Tail Spoons
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Miniature Toy or Snuff Rat Tail silver Spoons
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Antique silver rat tail snuff spoons - David Clayton, William Scarlett
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18th Century Miniature Toy silver spoon bowls
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David Clayton, william Scarlett silver hallmarks
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Silver spoon repair with added bar
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Collection of 3 18th Century Miniature Toy or Snuff Rat Tail Spoons
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