Two various Queen Anne and George I spoons etc. One Edinburgh…
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Two various Queen Anne and George I spoons etc. One Edinburgh 1709, maker Charles Blair; and one Edinburgh 1716, maker Colin McKenzie. Both relate with assay master Edward Penman. Both with rat tail bowl. Plus pair early Scottish sugar nips. Bear marks 'MK (Colin McKenzie). Length 19.5 cm (each spoon) Wt. 159g (total) (spoons)

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  • Assay / Assayed - Assaying is the testing of a metal, most commonly silver and gold to determine its ingredients and quality. In Britain, once an item of silver or gold has been assayed, a mark is stamped on it, certifying its purity. Known as hallmark, it derives its name from the Guild Hall of the Goldsmiths' Company, who recieved its Charter in 1327 giving it the power to assay and mark articles of gold and silver.
  • 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.
  • Rat Tail - A spoon with a flattened handle, tapering from the narrow section at the bowl, and wider as the top of the handle, that when viewed from above is of a similiar shape to a rat's tail. Also known as the Hanoverian pattern, as its manufacture spanned the reigns of George I, II and III (part) of the House of Hanover dynasty. The rat tail pattern was the forerunner to the Old English pattern.

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