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mere78737 Posts: 4 |
posted 10-20-2016 04:42 PM
  
Hello! I am a collector of early British and Irish silver flatware, with an emphasis on the Queen Anne period. The following trefid spoon was part of a lot I purchased at auction. I do not recognize the maker's mark, which looks to be a chicken head struck three times. The spoon is 5 7/8 inches long and the back of the terminal is dot-pricked MW over 1701. Below are photographs of the front and back of the spoon and the hallmarks: Any help you have would be most appreciated. Than you! IP: Logged |
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agphile Posts: 798 |
posted 10-20-2016 06:18 PM
Welcome to the forum. I don't know the mark and it doesn't seem to feature in any of my reference books. The placing of the punches along the stem is fairly typical of English trefids so I guess this is one of the many where you may have to settle for saying probably an unidentified English provincial maker IP: Logged |
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asheland Posts: 935 |
posted 10-20-2016 09:41 PM
Welcome to the forum! I'm afraid I cannot help, but wanted to say that's an interesting piece.  IP: Logged |
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Kimo Posts: 1627 |
posted 10-21-2016 10:37 AM
Hi and welcome to the Forum. Unfortunately, I do not know either, and I hope someone here will know so I can learn this one. In the meantime, were I to try to do some research on it I might start with looking into French markings, particularly Paris. Or perhaps French colonial? The rooster was a marking used on some French silver. [This message has been edited by Kimo (edited 10-21-2016).] IP: Logged |
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mere78737 Posts: 4 |
posted 10-21-2016 11:58 AM
Thank you for your response, Agphile. I thought it might be English provincial. Perhaps at some point someone will respond that they have seen this mark or have a spoon with this mark in their collection. IP: Logged |
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mere78737 Posts: 4 |
posted 10-21-2016 11:59 AM
Thank you, Asheland! IP: Logged |
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mere78737 Posts: 4 |
posted 10-21-2016 12:36 PM
Thank you, Kimo. I had not thought of a French origin for the spoon, so thank you for the tip! IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 10-22-2016 02:38 AM
Kimo's suggestion of French origin is very interesting. At least one of the French silversmiths that worked in New Orleans used a Roster in combination with their name. I do not not have any reference books on early Canadian silversmiths, but I would assume many of the early ones were from France. I think of the dot picked monograms as a suggestion that the monogram was done in a small town where skilled engravers did not reside. IP: Logged |
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