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DESCRIPTION

Hanoverian with rat tail and frontal rib pattern basting spoon. Mid 18th century scratch engraved initials S*D verso above earlier and well executed erasure. A matching table spoon (pattern, maker and year) was sold in the 2003 The Finial postal auction lot 68 v14-03 to a high bid of £78.

SILVERSMITH

Jacob Margas

DATE or HALLMARK

1718

ASSAY OFFICE

London

WEIGHT in GRAMS

110

LENGTH in INCHES

12 ¼

SILVER STANDARD

.9584 Britannia standard silver

OVERALL CONDITION

good, no repairs and recently polished.
back Price £450 sold Item number: M4608