Lot 64: 21 English 18th c. Sterling Spoons incl. Hanoverian Rattail

Twenty-one (21) assembled George I to George III period sterling silver spoons, including: a 1722 George I tablespoon by Richard Scarlett with a Hanoverian mid-rib rat-tail handle and armorial of a boar’s head; a 1724 George I tablespoon by Starling Wilford, with mid-rib double drop handle; a 1729 George II tablespoon by Edward Bennett I with a Hanoverian mid-rib rat-tail hand and boar’s head armorial; a 1730 George II tablespoon by John Wrenn I with a Hanoverian mid-rib handle; a 1741 George II tablespoon by Jeremiah King with a Hanoverian mid-rib handle engraved “EH”; a 1742 George II tablespoon by William Soame in Hanoverian pattern; a 1746 George II tablespoon by Ebenezer Coker, Hanoverian pattern and engraved EMB; a 1748 George II Old English tablespoon by Philip Roker II with engraved lion family crest; a 1751 George II Hanoverian tablespoon by Peter Bennett with foliate and engraved motto decoration; a 1759 George II Hanoverian tablespoon by Ebenezer Coker with the initials WB engraved to the back; a 1759 George II dessert spoon by Thomas & William Chawner monogrammed ACD; a 1761 Hanoverian tablespoon by William Turner engraved in a “Betrothal Triangle  “W over RD” ; 1763 Hanoverian tablespoon by William Withers; 1766 Hanoverian table spoon by Thomas and William Chawner, engraved W; a 1768 Hanoverian tablespoon marked by an unknown maker TE and engraved with initials G:C; a 1770 Old English tablespoon marked TE over GS likely Thoma Evan & George Smith or Thomas Eustace & George Smith; 1773 Old English tablespoon by Stephen Adams I monogrammed B on the drop; a 1774 Hanoverian Shell Back “Marriage” tablespoon by George Smith II, with engraved initials C over RC; a 1775 Old English betrothal tablespoon by William Fearn engraved I*EI; and a pair of Hanoverian tablespoons by Thomas Wallis I engraved RM. Spoons range in size from 6 1/2 in. L to 8 3/8 in. L 41.20 total troy ounces. 

PROVENANCE: Private East Tennessee collection.

CONDITION: All spoons with light general surface wear, a couple with minor pitting, and wear to tips.