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Cape Silver Marrow Scoop - Pseudo Silver Hallmarks
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Reference: S11447
Period: Victorian
Year: Circa 1840
Silversmith: unmarked
Place: Cape
Price: $ 520.00
Weight: 46 grams
Dimensions: 25.2 cm
Condition: Very good, both scoops straight. Some slight brown and yellow discolouration (half cm in size) under handle on narrow scoop side, possibly an imperfection in the metal content, or staining by a foreign source.
Description: A rare Cape silver marrow scoop, with 4 pseudo hallmarks and an unusual shaped stem. The marrow scoop is the usual shape, with a thinner and thicker scoop at either end, the stem has an unusual shape, slightly thicker in the centre, possibly to improve the grip. The scoop has 4 pseudo hallmarks, these are well struck but blurry, probably due to inferior or worn punches being used. They include pseudo date letter Gothic a, pseudo crowned leopards head town mark, pseudo duty mark with noticeable cusp to the right, and pseudo date letter B, also with cusps. No makers mark is present, and we have not seen this particular combination of marks together before. However, the only Cape silversmith who used these particular pseudo marks is Lawrence Twentyman, see Welz, Cape Silver & Silversmiths, page 155, marks 134 (capital B) and 135 (crowned leopards head, a and duty mark). In addition, a very similarly shaped Cape silver marrow scoop is depicted by Welz in the same book, page 77, centre, this example by Lawrence Twentyman, and having the same unusual shaped stem. Note - A noted collector of Lawrence Twentyman silver has expressed doubt that this scoop is by Twentyman, noting suttle differences in the shape of the hallmarks, and seeing his detailed photographs we have to agree, so further research on the maker and possible origin are required.
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Cape Silver Marrow Scoop
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Cape Silver Marrow Scoop - Pseudo Silver Hallmarks
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Pseudo Silver Cape Hallmarks, note brown stain
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Cape Silver Marrow Scoop bowl
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Cape Silver Marrow Scoop bowl narrow
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Cape Silver Marrow Scoop
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