|
Cape Silver Gravy Spoon - Twentyman, Kings Pattern
|
|
 |
Reference: S1469
Period: George IV
Year: Circa 1825
Silversmith: Lawrence Twentyman
Place: Cape
Price: $ 520.00
Weight: 176 grams
Dimensions: 30.6 cm, bowl 9.6*6.2 cm
Condition: Excellent, good tip. Light cleaning scratches in bowl that will polish out in time.
Description: A magnificent Cape silver gravy (also called basting or serving) spoon, in the Kings pattern, double struck with diamond heel. It has a lovely weight and is very good quality, this is one of the most substantial Cape silver spoons we have seen, and is suitable for regular use - in fact a spoon anyone would enjoy using. The hallmarks are very clear, makers mark LT for Lawrence Twentyman, and pseudo English hallmarks (leopards head, duty mark, date letter a and lion) - Welz mark 135, but in a different order. 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.
|
|
|
|
|
Cape Silver Gravy Spoon - Twentyman
|
|
|
|
|
Kings Pattern detail
|
|
|
|
|
Back of spoon bowl
|
|
|
|
|
Back of spoon
|
|
|
|
|
Cape Silver hallmarks - Lawrence Twentyman
|
|
|
|
|
Scale
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
