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asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 07-11-2019 12:25 PM After wanting an example for 20 years or so, I finally found a terrific example from a dealer in the U.K. This was an example worth waiting for! Heavy at 77 grams and totally original condition and a patina to die for! It was made by Henry Greene, London, 1705. Nice hallmarks and a great crest which I found to be of the Wombell family. The day it arrived, I took it to my friend's coin shop and he let me scan it. I will post the results. I scanned the crest area. Pretty accurate for the time if you ask me... Britannia standard, and the bowl is in perfect shape, no loss of metal and never worked on. A terrific example! IP: Logged
ahwt Posts: 2377 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 07-11-2019 02:10 PM What a great fine. Your analysis machine has the numbers 95.66 and .46 for silver. Is the .46 the plus or minus margin of error number? Mr. Henry Greene would be surprised that an analysis of his spoon was performed some 314 years after he made it. IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 07-11-2019 03:32 PM Indeed the technology today is insane compared to then... Unfortunately I don't really know what that second column means. IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1971 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 07-11-2019 07:12 PM Oh, wow! That is a beautiful spoon, and I love the unicorn too. So fabulous! IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11573 Registered: Apr 93	posted 07-11-2019 09:52 PM I don't really know what that second column means column = Element column = Overall Percentage of element found column = +/- percentage IP: Logged
PhilO Posts: 166 Registered: Jul 2004	posted 07-12-2019 01:51 AM The column is quite clearly labelled "±2σ" (plus or minus 2 sigma). This is a statistical standard for probable error where σ is the Standard Deviation. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation. [This message has been edited by PhilO (edited 07-12-2019).] IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 07-12-2019 09:40 AM Thanks Polly, Scott and PhilO! I thought I would try out my new arrival and it works well! IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 07-12-2019 10:15 AM Striking spoon! The read out makes me wonder when lead stopped being present in flatware or has it altogether? IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 07-12-2019 01:43 PM The newer stuff you don't see lead, or gold... Not sure exactly when though. IP: Logged
cbc58 Posts: 341 Registered: Aug 2008	posted 07-12-2019 02:03 PM super nice spoon. I searched on "In Well Be Ware" and it came up with the Womble family crest... IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 07-15-2019 12:54 PM Thank you! IP: Logged

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