18th c. ladle.. British or American? triple marked

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18th c. ladle.. British or American? triple marked

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Topic: 18th c. ladle.. British or American? triple marked

Marc

Posts: 414
Registered: Jun 2002

posted 06-18-2008 04:35 PM

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Hi all,

Purchased this ladle from a lady because I was bored.. Not the best reason to go out buying, but it happens!. Must learn to control my impulses... The shape and feel lead me to think it is from England, rather than America, but who knows..

This is a late 18th c. ladle, that has been broken (see photo) and repaired. It will go into my collection (accumulation) of unsaleable ladles (56 at last count). What interests me more than anything else is the triple struck mark of "R star S".
I am unfamiliar with this mark and after checking my easy sources, "Jackson" for British, and "Kovel", "Belden" and "William Voss" for American, I am left floundering. I always thought that triple struck marks were British provincial,.
Any ideas.?

Thanks for your help in advance

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agphile

Posts: 798
Registered: Apr 2008

posted 06-18-2008 06:38 PM

I'm afraid this will not be much help, but I don't think the ladle is English. The practice of some provincial makers of simply stamping their maker's mark two or three times was earlier (17th or early 18th century) and not the norm by the period of this ladle. I'd imagine it is colonial but don't recognise the mark.

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