Spoons - c18th & c19th incl. marrow scoops, forks & serving pieces, Mote Spoons & Knives

Collectible spoons, marrow scoops, forks & serving pieces, mote spoons and knives

 from early date (click to go to the appropriate category).

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SPOONS, MARROW SCOOPS, FORKS & SERVING PIECES
6774 - A 'RARE' GEO.I. HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL MINIATURE OR SNUFF SPOON WITH STRONGLY RIBBED STEM - BY: 'RICHARD SCARLETT' - LONDON C1720. 8.2cm 
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6864 - A GEO.I. HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL SPOON - THE STEM END INSCRIBED: 'P I M' - OF GOOD GAUGE & WELL MARKED FOR: 'JOHN MILLINGTON' - LONDON 1722.  20cm  62gms  
£195
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6865 - A GEO.I. HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL SPOON - THE STEM END INSCRIBED: 'P I M ' - OF GOOD GAUGE & WELL MARKED FOR: 'HENRY CLARKE' - LONDON 1722.  20cm  64gms 
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5927 - A GEO.I. - CRESTED HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL SPOON - OF GOOD GAUGE - THE MARKS 'SQUASHED' BUT ALL READABLE FOR: 'WILLIAM SOAME' - LONDON 1724. 20cm 56gms
£165
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6539 - A GEO.I. HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL TABLE SPOON OF GOOD GAUGE - THE BROAD RIBBED STEM INSCRIBED: 'W*I' AND A LATER ''ET' - BY: 'HUGH ARNETT & EDWARD POCOCK' - LONDON 1725.  21cm  66gms
£175
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5920 - A 'PAIR' OF EARLY GEO.II. CRESTED HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL SPOONS - THE MAKERS MARK NOW LOST - THE REMAINDER CLEAR FOR - LONDON 1732. 20cm
£225
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6856 - AN INTERSTING EARLY GEO.II. HANOVERIAN SPOON - VARIOUS OWNERSHIP MARKINGS & THE BOWL ENGRAVED: 'GEORGE & VULTURE CORNHILL' - BY: 'CALEB HILL' - LONDON 1733.  19.5cm  56gms 
THE "GEORGE & VULTURE" WAS REBUILT AFTER THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON IN 1666 - PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE GEORGE INN AND LIKELY TO HAVE IT'S ORIGINS IN THE 12TH CENTURY - FREQUENTED BY CHARLES DICKENS, IT IS MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES IN "THE PICKWICK PAPERS"
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6775 - A 'RARE' GEO.II. HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL MINIATURE OR SNUFF SPOON - A CLEAR STERLING MARK TO THE STEM - C1740.  7.5cm
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SH3 - A GEO.II. EARLY HANOVERIAN SHELL-BACK TEA SPOON - THE MAKERS MARK STRUCK TWICE: 'WE' PROBABLY PROVINCIAL C1740.  
£68
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4810 - A GEO.II. HANOVERIAN SPOON - THE STEM INSCRIBED: 'M ' B' - BY: 'JOHN GORHAM' - LONDON 1740. 19.6cm
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5924 - A GEO.II. DOG-NOSE SPOON OF V.GOOD GAUGE - PROBABLY TO REPLACE A MISSING PIECE - THE MAKER UNCLEAR - LONDON 1741. 20.5cm 66gms
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6949 - A V.GOOD GEO.II. CRESTED HANOVERIAN SAUCE LADLE OF HEAVY GAUGE - MARKED TO THE STEM X 4 FOR: 'ISAAC CALLARD' - LONDON C1750. 17.8cm 57gms
£165
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6736 -  A GEO.II. HANOVERIAN TABLE SPOON OF GOOD GAUGE - NICELY INSCRIBED TO THE STEM: 'M.MOORE JUNE 9 1752' - BY: 'ELIZABETH OLDIELD' - LONDON 1752.  20.5cm  56gms
(THE SPOON IN V.GOOD CONDITION BUT WITH NOW SOFT SCROLL BACK DETAIL REMAINING)
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4807 - A GEO.II. HANOVERIAN SPOON WITH STRAP HEEL & OF GOOD GAUGE - LATER SCRIPT INITIALS 'JFW' - BY: 'JOHN GORHAM' - LONDON 1754. 21cm 63gms
£65
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6800 - A GEO.II. HANOVERIAN TABLE SPOON WITH DBL DROP HEEL - FOR THE UNCOMMON PARTNERSHIP OF: 'THOMAS DEVONSHIRE & WILLIAM WATKINS' - LONDON 1756.  20cm  52gms 
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6853 - A 'SUPERB' GEO.II. 'SHELL-BACK' MARROW SPOON - VERY WELL MARKED FOR: 'ROGER HARE' - LONDON 1759.  21.5cm  56gms 
£445
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6589 - A SET OF '6' EARLY GEO.III. HANOVERIAN 'FANCY-BACK' TEA SPOONS - THE SHELL & SCROLL BACKS VERY 'CRISP' - A REPAIR TO ONE STEM - BY: EDWARD BENNETT - LONDON C1760.  
£265  
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6797 - A 'V.GOOD' EARLY GEO.III. HANOVERIAN TABLE SPOON WITH STRAP HEEL - AN EXCELLENT SET OF MARKS FOR: 'TOMPSON DAVIS' - LONDON 1763.  20cm  52gms 
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5759 - A 'V.GOOD', EARLY GEO.III. HANOVERIAN 'SHELL-BACK' SPOON - THE STEM INSCRIBED: 'NT OVER IM 1765' - (A BETROTHAL SPOON) THE MAKER UNCLEAR - LONDON 1764. 20.7cm

£135

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SH2 - A GOOD GEO.III. HANOVERIAN SHELL-BACK TEA SPOON BY: 'THOMAS & WILLIAM CHAWNER' - LONDON 1765
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LP01 - A 'RARE' GEO.III. HANOVERIAN PICTURE-BACK TEASPOON - 'HEN & 4 CHICKS' - LONDON C1770.  
£175
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LP05 - A 'RARE' HANOVERIAN PICTURE-BACK TEASPOON - 'CROWN WITH HEAD & SCROLLS' - LONDON C1770
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LP09 - A 'SCARCE' GEO.III. EARLY OLD ENGLISH PICTURE-BACK TEASPOON - 'I LOVE LIBERTY' - LONDON C1770. (DETAIL NOW V.SOFT) 
£65
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LP018 - A CHARMING PAIR OF GEO.III. HANOVERIAN SMALL TEASPOONS WITH 'BUCKLE' HEELS - LONDON C1770.  9.7cm 
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6743 - A GROUP OF THREE - V.GOOD GEO.III. HANOVERIAN 'PICTURE-BACK' TEASPOONS - 'A BASKET OF FLOWERS' - BY: 'JOHN INNOCENT' - LONDON C1770.
SELLING SINGLY (2 REMAINING)
£95 EACH
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6549 -  AN EARLY GEO.III. 'OLD ENGLISH FEATHER EDGE' GRAVY SPOON - OF GOOD GAUGE - THE STEM INSCRIBED: 'EJ' - BY: 'THOMAS & WILLIAM CHAWNER' - LONDON 1770.  28.5cm  100gms  
(THE FEATHER EDGE FINE & ORIGINAL)
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6622 - A 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. HANOVERIAN 'SHELL-BACK' TABLE SPOON - VERY WELL MARKED FOR: 'HESTER BATEMAN' - LONDON 1774.  21.5cm  52gms  
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5799 - A GEO.III. HANOVERIAN 'SHELL-BACK' SPOON - THE STEM INSCRIBED: 'D OVER W * S' - BY: 'PHILIP ROKER' - LONDON 1775. 20.5cm
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6803 - A PAIR OF 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. BEAD EDGE TABLE SPOONS - WELL MARKED FOR: 'THOMAS CHAWNER' - LONDON 1776.  21cm  130gms 
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6552 - A PAIR OF 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. BRIGHT-CUT TABLE SPOONS WITH STRAP HEELS - THE CARTOUCHE INSCRIBED: 'JO' -  BY: 'HESTER BATEMAN'  - VERY WELL MARKED FOR LONDON 1784.  21.5cm  128gms  
(THE MAKERS MARK THINLY STRUCK)
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6734 - AN INTERESTING PAIR OF GEO.III. 'OLD ENGLISH' TABLE SPOONS WITH LONG STRAP HEELS - PROBABLY BY A PROVINCIAL MAKER FROM APPEARANCE BUT WITH 'SUPERB' MARKS FOR: 'TL' ? LONDON 1785.  20.5cm  92gms 
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6805 - A PAIR OF 'V.GOOD' GEO.III. BEAD EDGE TABLE SPOONS - WELL MARKED FOR: 'GEORGE SMITH & WILLIAM FEARN' - LONDON 1787.  21cm  150gms 
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6588 - A PAIR OF V.GOOD  & RARE COLONIAL TABLE SPOONS OF HEAVY GAUGE - MARKED TO THE STEMS: 'KEY - I.M.- THISTLE' FOR: 'JOHN MAIR.I. OF CALCUTTA' C1790 22.3cm  142gms
£295   
(JOHN MAIR WAS APPRENTICED TO JAMES GORDON OF ABERDEEN IN 1776 AND WENT TO CALCUTTA WHERE HE ESTABLISHED A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS & ALSO PRODUCED DIES & MEDALS FOR THE EAST INDIA COMPANY)
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6336 - A GEO.III. PROVINCIAL BRIGHT-CUT TABLE SPOON - SIMPLY INSCRIBED: 'TB GS 1799' - WELL MARKED FOR 'JOSEPH HICKS' - EXETER 1798.  21.3cm  
 
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6590 - A GEO.III. IRISH TABLE FORK OF GOOD GAUGE - BY: 'JOHN STONE' - DUBLIN 1799.  21cm  70 gms
£65
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B0712 - A GeO.III. 'BRIGHT-CUT' TEA SPOON - THE STEM INSCRIBED: 'EM' BY: 'GEORGE SMITH & THOMAS HAYTER' - LONDON 1799 (3 AVAILABLE)
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6608 - A SET OF '6' GEO.III.VERY NICELY ENGRAVED BRIGHT-CUT TEA SPOONS - BY: 'GEORGE SMITH & THOMAS HAYTER' - LONDON 1801.  12.8cm  70gms  
£125
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PC022 - AN INTERESTING SET OF '6' GEO.III. DESSERT SPOONS - THE STEMS INSCRIBED: 'NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MILITIA' - BY: 'ELEY & FEARN' - LONDON 1804. 17cm 240gms
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6678 - A SET OF 4 GEO.III. V.GOOD MINIATURE OR 'SNUFF' SPOONS - BY: 'CHARLES FOX' LONDON 1805.  8.5cm  (selling singly) 
£75 each

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6597 - A GEO.III. TABLE FORK IN THE 'RARE' OLD ENGLISH THREAD & SHELL' PATTERN - BY: 'ELEY & FEARN' - LONDON 1805.  20cm  70gms  
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JCK7 - A V.GOOD GEO.III. PROVINCIAL TABLE SPOON BY: 'DOROTHY LANGLANDS' - NEWCASTLE C1805.  22.3cm  60gms
SELLING SINGLY (1 REMAINING)
£75
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6957 - A 'RARE & INTERESTING' SCOTTISH/COLONIAL TABLE SPOON OF V.GOOD GAUGE - THE STEM MARKED: 'GF.TOBAGO' 'POUCH' & ASSSAYED FOR 'GEORGE FENWICK' EDINBURGH 1812. 20cm 62gms
(GEORGE FENWICK.II. EMIGRATED TO TOBAGO & MARKED MATERIAL MADE BY HIS FATHER FOR THE NEW LOCATION - HE UNFORTUNATELY DIED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF ARRIVING THERE)
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6013 - A 'FINE' GEO.III. 'CHAMFERED OLD ENGLISH' BASTING SPOON OF V.GOOD GAUGE - THE STEM INSCRIBED: 'JC' - BY: 'SOLOMON HOUGHAM' - LONDON 1814. 32cm 135gms
£235
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6959 - AN INDIAN COLONIAL TEASPOON OF GOOD GAUGE - MARKED TO THE STEM FOR: 'WILLIAM HENRY TWENTYMAN' OF CALCUTTA C1820. 14cm 24gms
£45
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6806 - A PAIR OF 'FINE & SCARCE' WLM.IV. TABLE SPOONS IN A QUEENS PATTERN VARIANT - OF HEAVY GAUGE & WELL MARKED FOR: 'WILLIAM CHAWNER' - LONDON 1826.  22cm  210gms 
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GB002 - A PAIR OF V.GOOD GEO.IV. DESSERT SPOONS IN KINGS 'HOURGLASS' PATTERN BY: 'WILLIAM CHAWNER' - LONDON 1829.  18cm  124gms   
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6950 - A 'VERY RARE' WLM.IV. DESSERT SPOON - 'OLD ENGLAND' PATTERN - BY: 'JONATHAN HAYNE' - LONDON 1830. 18.3cm 62gms
(THE EARLIEST DATE FOR THIS PATTERN & PROBABLY PRODUCED FOR THE CORONATION OF WILLIAM.IV.)
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6796 - A PAIR OF 'V.GOOD' EARLY WLM.IV. LARGE TABLE SPOONS - VERY WELL MARKED FOR: 'JONATHAN HAYNE' - LONDON 1830. 22.7cm  130gms 
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B0717 - A 'SCARCE' WLM.IV. DESSERT SPOON - A 'KINGS HUSK VARIANT WITH SHELL & HUSK HEEL' - BY: 'WILLIAM CHAWNER' - LONDON 1831 18.5cm 60gms
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6992 - A RARE EARLY VICTORIAN KNIFE & FORK IN 'TRAILING VINE' PATTERN AND IN PARTICULARLY FINE CONDITION - BOTH WITH SCRIPT INITIALS: 'HCL' - THE FORK BY: 'HAYNE & CATER' LONDON 1844 - THE KNIFE BY: 'HENRY ATKIN' SHEFFIELD 1844 - 22/17cm 120gms
£195
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6951 - A 'VERY RARE' EARLY VICTORIAN DESSERT SPOON - 'TRAILING VINE' PATTERN - BY: 'SAMUEL HAYNE & DUDLEY CATER' - LONDON 1845. 17.5cm 65gms
(A RARELY SEEN PATTERN - THE DECORATION IN PARTICULARLY FINE CONDITION)
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B0718 - A CRESTED VICTORIAN BUTTER KNIFE - 'ALBERT' PATTERN - BY: 'GEORGE ADAMS' - LONDON 1852. 20cm
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B0719 - A 'RARE' VICTORIAN DESSERT FORK - A 'ROSE' PATTERN VARIANT - BY: 'HAYNE & CATER' - LONDON 1852. 15cm 70 gms
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6982 - A SET OF '6' V.GOOD EARLY VICTORIAN EGG SPOONS WITH GILDED SHIELD BOWLS - WELL MARKED FOR: 'ELIZABETH EATON' - LONDON 1853. 12.4cm 110gms
£220
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6991 - A 'V.GOOD' MID VICTORIAN 3 PIECE CHRISTENING SET - FINELY DECORATED WITH TRAILING VINES & TERMINATING ON THE SPOON & FORK WITH CATS HEADS & PAWS - BY: 'FRANCIS HIGGINS' - LONDON 1861. 16cm 144gms
£295
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6993 - A 'FINE & RARE' MID VICTORIAN CASED SPOON & FORK - VERY FINELY DECORATED IN THE AESTHETIC MANNER - BY: 'JOHN GILBERT' - BIRMINGHAM 1870. 18cm 126gms
£235
 
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PC170 - A CHARMING SET OF '6' VICTORIAN PROVINCIAL TEA SPOONS WITH VERY NICELY 'BRIGHT-CUT' DECORATION - WELL MARKED FOR: 'CHRISTIAN J. REID' - NEWCASTLE 1881. 13cm
£125
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6952 - A LATE VICTORIAN SERVING SPOON - UNUSUAL BOWL SHAPE & FINELY DECORATED - BY: 'GEORGE MAUDSLEY JACKSON' - LONDON 1895. 21.8cm 66gms
£115
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MOTE SPOONS
6999- A QUEEN ANNE RAT-TAIL MOTE SPOON - THE OVOID BOWL SIMPLY PIERCED AND WITH A PLAIN STRAIGHT WIRE STEM - UNMARKED - POSSIBLY PROVINCIAL C1710. 14.8cm
£355
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7000 - A GEO.I. RAT-TAIL MOTE SPOON - THE BOWL PIERCED WITH SCROLLS - MARKED TO THE STEM WITH A LION PASSANT AND UNCLEAR MAKERS MARK - LONDON C1720. 14cm
£355
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7001 - A GEO.I. RAT-TAIL MOTE SPOON - THE BOWL PIERCED WITH SCROLLS AND INITIALED 'AP' - MARKED TO THE STEM FOR: 'EDWARD JENNINGS' - LONDON C1720. 14cm
£375
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6921 - A .II/III. SHELL-BACK MOTE SPOON - NICELY PIERCED BOWL AND WELL DEFINED SHELL - BY: 'IW'? LONDON C1760. 13.7cm
£325
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6851 - A QUEEN ANNE RAT-TAIL MOTE SPOON - SCROLL PIERCED DECORATION - THE LONG STEM WITH A MAKER MARK ONLY FOR: 'NATHIEL ROE' - LONDON C1710.  15.5cm
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6833 - A 'FINE & SCARCE'  EARLY GEO.II. MOTE SPOON - THE BOWL VERY WELL PIERCED & ENGRAVED - THE HEEL INSCRIBED: 'H OVER I*S' - BY: 'CALEB HILL' - LONDON C1730
(A RARELY SEEN MAKER)
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6807 - A GEO.II./III. MOTE SPOON WITH DBL DROP HEEL - MARKED TWICE TO THE STEM FOR THE UNCOMMON PARTNERSHIP OF: 'THOMAS DEVONSHIRE & WILLIAM WATKINS' - LONDON C1760.  13.5cm 
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4619 - A GEO.II. MOTE SPOON - SCROLL PIERCED BOWL WITH DBL DROP HEEL INSCRIBED 'E G' - BY: 'ON' (UN-ASCRIBED) - LONDON C1735 13.8cm
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4609 - A GEO.II. 'FANCY-BACK' MOTE SPOON - THE BOWL WITH FLOWER & SCROLL DECORATION - BY: 'MARMADUKE DAINTRY' - LONDON C1750 13cm
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KNIVES
JCK33'DUTY DRAWBACK' AN 'EXTREMELY RARE' SET OF SIX VERY GOOD GEO.III. DESSERT KNIVES WITH REEDED HANDLES AND REPLACEMENT S/STEEL BLADES - VERY WELL MARKED FOR: 'MOSES BRENT' &  INCUSE DUTY MARKS FOR 1784/5 - ALL WITH A WELL STRUCK 'DUTY DRAWBACK MARKLONDON 1784/5   
'P.O.A'
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K030 - A 'FINE' SET OF 'NINE' - GEO.III. TABLE KNIVES - THE REEDED HANDLES WITH CONTEMPORARY DUCAL CRESTS - BY: 'MOSES BRENT' - LONDON 1803 - FITTED WITH REPLACEMENT S/STEEL BLADES 28cm
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K040 - A 'FINE' SET OF 'SIX' - EARLY VICTORIAN TABLE KNIVES - THE 'FEATHERED' OCTAGONAL HANDLES WITH CONTEMPORARY 'NAVAL' CRESTS - BY: 'FRANCIS HIGGINS' - LONDON 1862 - FITTED WITH REPLACEMENT S/STEEL BLADES 28cm
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K020 - A MATCHED SET OF SIX (4+2) EARLY 18TH CENTURY PISTOL HANDLED TABLE KNIVES - THE LOADED OCTAGONAL HAFTS WITH CONTEMPORARY DUCAL CRESTS & FITTED WITH REPLACEMENT S/STEEL BLADES. 24cm
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