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Cape Silver Teaspoons (Set of 6) - Lawrence Twentyman, Fiddle Pattern
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Reference: S11196
Period: George IV
Year: 1818-1837
Silversmith: Lawrence Twentyman
Place: Cape
Price: $ 520.00
Weight: 112 grams
Dimensions: 14.4 cm
Condition: Excellent, spoon tips strong, no wear to bowl. Very light scratches from use.
Description: A lovely set of 6 Cape silver teaspoons in the Fiddle pattern, in excellent condition and with very clear hallmarks. The spoons are clearly hand made, you can see very slight differences in the shape and size of the Fiddle and bowl shape when comparing closely. The spoons are good quality and a good weight, just under 20 grammes each. The spoons have no engraving with no initials removed, completely original. All 6 spoons are clearly hallmarked with 4 pseudo hallmarks, all struck individually in the same order - pseudo duty mark, bird, pseudo Edinburgh Castle town mark and pseudo date letter B. This is mark 134 in the book "Cape Silver and Silversmiths" by Stephan Welz, without makers mark - but clearly Twentyman as he was the only Cape silversmith who used these punches. Twentyman was the most prolific of all Cape silversmiths, he had the first shop on Heerengracht (now Adderley Street) with a shop window. He worked between 1818 and 1837. We really like these spoons.
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Cape Silver Teaspoons (Set of 6) - Lawrence Twentyman, Fiddle Pattern
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Lawrence Twentyman, Cape silversmith
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Cape silver teaspoons, pseudo hallmarks
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Cape silver pseudo hallmarks
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Cape silver hallmarks = duty, bird, castle, B
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cape silver spoon bowl
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Cape silver spoons - scale
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