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bill unregistered	posted 01-27-2002 08:25 PM I have a 13 1/2" ladle with stamped "W. Tuckey Genuine" on the top of what appears to be an Old Sheffield Silver Plate stem. The silver stem connects with silver rivets to a ribbed pattern pressed leather bowl having a silver disk on the bottom engraved with foliate initials. The handle appears to be baline, is ribbed lengthwise and is attached to the silver stem. I haven't been able to find a W. Tuckey in any of my OSP references. I am hoping someone out there recognizes this. I have pictures but no URL to attach. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 01-30-2002 06:57 AM Please e-mail me pictures IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 01-30-2002 02:49 PM Here is the photo: Does anyone have an idea? IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 01-30-2002 08:46 PM What an interesting piece! Haven't a clue as to the maker, but Tuckey was a longstanding family name in the Channel Islands, so perhaps that is a clue. IP: Logged
Brent Posts: 1507 Registered: May 99	posted 01-31-2002 10:56 AM I agree, a very neat piece. One possibility that occurs to me is that it might be an American plater's mark. It is fairly well established from period advertisements that Americans were indeed making OSP and close plate, but very few marked examples have ever turned up. Perhaps Tuckey is listed somehwhere as an American coppersmith? Just a thought. Brent IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 02-11-2002 11:44 PM The name Tuckey seemed to be from Australia so a fired off an e-mail to Wilson Tuckey who is Minister in the Commonwealth Government of Australia. This was the response: quote: Dear Sir/Madam I am responding to your email on behalf of the Hon Wilson Tuckey MP, who is a Minister in the Commonwealth Government of Australia. Mr Tuckey does not know anything of the ladle pictured. He thinks members of the Tuckey family emigrated to Western Australia in the 1830's from Sussex, UK. I have also spoken to the Tuckey's family historian in Perth who also knows nothing of the ladle. He commented there was a Captain James Hinkston Tuckey who made a bit of a name for himself in Ireland around 1810 - 1815 but apart from that, can't offer much further insight. Yours sincerely David Magill (for Hon Wilson Tuckey MP) IP: Logged

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