A pair of Georgian bright cut sterling silver serving spoons,…
click the photo to enlarge
A pair of Georgian bright cut sterling silver serving spoons, 1772 London, with maker's marks for Elizabeth Tookey, an Old English spoon and matching spoon fork with four tines, with decorative bright cut rope twist edges. Silver weight 181gr. Length 28.5 cm

You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.

Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item

When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

This item has been sold, and the description, image and price are for reference purposes only.
  • Georgian - As an English stylistic period, Georgian is usually taken to cover the period from George I (1714) to the Regency of Prince George (1811-20), although the period from 1800 to 1830 is sometimes designated as the Regency period. During the Georgian period the great English cabinetmakers and designers such as Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Adam Sheraton etc., were all active.

    Therefore there isn't a single 'Georgian style' as such and to say something is 'Georgian', usually means it was made between 1714 and 1830. This assumes we discount George V and George VI, both being from the 20th century.

    The styles popular at the time of each reign were:

    George I (1714-1727) saw out the last years of the Baroque period.

    George II (1727-1760) reigned during the Rococo period.

    George III (1760-1820) saw the last gasp of the Rococo, all of the early Neo-Classic 'Adam style' and most of the later neo-Classic 'Regency style'.

    George IV (Prince Regent 1820-1830)encompassed the last of the 'Regency' style.

    William IV's reign (1830-1837) was something of a no man's land (stylistically) and he wasn't a 'George' anyway. He covered the last glimmerings of 'Regency' and the start of the 'Victorian' style.
  • Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
  • Marrow Spoon - A spoon with a long handle and a narrow scoop shaped bowl, used to scoop and eat marrow from the hollow centre of roasted bones. Some marrow scoops are double ended with a different shaped bowl at each end.

This item has been included into following indexes:

Visually similar items

A fine pair of George III sterling silver basting spoons, 1785 London, with rare incuse mark, and maker's mark for William Sutton, in Old English design, crisply hallmarked to stems. Provenance: Purchased from Kevin Murray silver for $2200, silver weight 1

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

A Georgian Scottish sterling silver ladle and a Victorian sterling silver beaded serving spoon, 1829 Edinburgh, with maker's mark We, small ladle, 1861 London, with maker's mark for John Kilpatrick, an Old English beaded spoon with swan crest to finial; st

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

A pair of Britannia standard silver rat tail spoons, 1715 and 1716, with Britannia standard, maker's marks rubbed, probably G?, of typical form with elongated bowls, hallmarked to the stems and with engraved initials Ia underside of terminals. Silver weigh

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.

Pair of Scottish Georgian sterling silver spoons, hallmarked with Edinburgh, however unknown provincial, with slender tapering handles, and bowls, total weight 110gm, length 22.5 cm (2)

Sold by in for
You can display prices in $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.