A pair of George II sterling silver dessert spoons, London 1757 by Ebenezer Coker (reg. 27th March 1738)

A pair of George II sterling silver dessert spoons, London 1757 by Ebenezer Coker (reg. 27th March 1738)

Hanoverian pattern with drop heel, the terminals engraved with a crest of out of a marquess's coronet two arms counter-embowed vested each holding an ostrich-feather. Both fully marked. Together with an other dessert spoon London circa 1755 also by Ebenezer Coker, crested with an arm in armour embowed holding a fleur-de-lis. (3)

Length - 5.8 cm / 6.1 inches

Weight – 60 grams / 1.93 ozt

The first crest ifs for Bentinck,

as borne by the Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke’s of Portland

The second crest is for Bodwida, Bowida, Cassils, Crook, Eastland, Estland, Estlin, Plafair, and Tournemine