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George I Silver Rat-Tail Hanoverian Spoon
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Reference: S1488
Period: George I
Year: 1716
Silversmith: Nathaniel Roe
Place: London
Price: $ 70.00
Weight: 50 grams
Dimensions: 20.0 cm
Condition: Excellent.
Description: An early Georgian silver rat-tail Hanoverian tablespoon, with a pronounced rib on the front of the stem, and oval bowl, as is usual for early Hanoverians. The spoon also has two lovely family crests (correctly engraved on the back of the stem), the first is a snake twisting around a pillar, the second a raised fist holding wheatsheaves, with crosses in the background. The rat-tail pattern first appeared in 1710, the rat-tail disappeared from Hanoverians in 1730. The spoon also has very clear bottom marked hallmarks, including a very clear makers mark (RO under stags head) for Nathaniel Roe. This is a rare mark, it is not recorded in Jackson, and the mark in Grimwade (mark 2396) was a poor impression, largely conjectural, and was undated by Grimwade. The mark is recorded by Wyler (pg 148).
Roe was a largeworker who worked in London between 1710 and 1717, when his newly born son died aged 4 days. He then left London for Norwich, where he continued work as a silversmith. He became Sherriff of Norwich in 1737.
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Early Georgian Silver Rat-Tail Hanoverian Tablespoon
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Rat-Tail Hanoverian showing scale
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Rat-Tail Silver Spoon
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Hanoverian spoon showing crests
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Hallmarks
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Nathaniel Roe Makers Mark
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