A pair of early George II sterling silver tablespoons, London 1728 by Joseph Smith I (this mark reg. 3rd May 1728)

A pair of early George II sterling silver tablespoons, London 1728 by Joseph Smith I (this mark reg. 3^rd May 1728)

Hanoverian pattern with single drop bowls, the terminals engraved with a crest of a demi lion rapant ducally crowned and holding between the paws an escutcheon charged with an estoile, all over an initial C in flourished cursive script. Together with a George I table spoon, London 1723 makers mark obliterated, Hanoverian pattern with rat tail, the terminal engraved with a contemporaneous crest of two lances in saltier, the pennons charged with a cross formee gu., the spears enfiled with a chaplet. Each fully marked. (3)

Length – 20.5 cm / 8.1 inches

Gross Weight – 187 grams / 6.01 ozt

The first crest is for Tyssen, latterly Baron Amhurst of Hackney

The second crest is for Peck of Samford Hill, Essex and Wood Pelling and Methwould, Norfolk.

This spoon: Collection of A. A. Smith, bought Sotheby’s 20^th Nov 1958 (part-lot, £16)

Collection of Anthony Aston Smith (1929-2010)