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| Early Georgian Provincial Rat Tail Hanoverian Britannia Silver Tablespoon - Exeter, Thomas Salter
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Reference: S11446
Period: George I
Year: 1718
Silversmith: Thomas Salter
Place: Exeter
Price: $ 230.00
Weight: 60 grams
Dimensions: 20.8 cm
Condition: Good, very small half cm crack next to rat tail joining bowl, not yet a split. Light wear to edge of spoon bowl, some very small dents to bowl.
Description: An interesting early Georgian Britannia silver rat tail Hanoverian tablespoon made by Thomas Salter of Exeter in 1718. The spoon has 5 bottom marked hallmarks, these are all worn (possibly originally lightly struck), but still with enough definition to read each hallmark. In addition to the rat tail the spoon has a central rib on the front of the stem, and original owners initials B over CJ engraved on the back, this engraving is very quaint, more likely done by the owner or local blacksmith rather than a professional engraver. The spoon is well made, and a pleasing weight, but has some wear from use. The hallmarks include makers mark Sa in Gothic script, see Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks page 292, and also Tim Kent's West Country Silver Spoons and their makers 1550-1750, page 130, M134, a book we highly recommend. The 2nd hallmark is Britannia, used between 1701 and 1720, to denote the higher grade 958/1000 silver. The third mark is lions head erased, followed by the castle town mark for Exeter, these marks are faint. The 5th mark is clearer, date letter S in a shield shaped punch for 1718. Thomas Salter was a highly respected silversmith who has left behind some notable silver, especially trefid spoons. He was freed in 1678, and was an original member of the Exeter assay office, which opened in 1701. He was Warden in 1702, 1719 and 1720, and was Mayor of Exeter in 1710 and 1722, he died in 1725 (source Tim Kent as above).
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Early Georgian Provincial Rat Tail Hanoverian Britannia Silver Tablespoon - Exeter, Thomas Salter
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Georgian Provincial Rat Tail Hanoverian Britannia Silver Tablespoon
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Engraved initials B over CJ on antique silver spoon
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Thomas Salter Exeter 1718 silver hallmarks
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