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Posted 10 years ago
surfdub66
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For extracting marrow from bones , a delicacy in old times & from what i hear it still is in France...
one of these is 1900s the others 1750s-1780s.
the marrow spoon is also a picture back , all around 8"- 9"L..
some of the hallmarks are sadly unreadable but you can make out bits & bobs
My favorite the bright cut one ;-)
Hope you like them ...
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wondeerful. Are they english?
Thanks for your loves
jewels
cindb
Gargoylecollector
mikelv85
Aghcollect
& kivatinitz - yes they are all English ;-)
Specialised tools and beautiful too.
Thanks racer4four for your lovely comments & your love :-)
Thank you PatSea
Kyratango
& vetraio50 for your loves ;-)
Thanks fortapache
& Trey for your loves :-)
I love the shape of those marrow spoons and I would frame them and put them on the wall..very nice group!...:-)
Thanks sean68 for you love :-)
Thanks again inky for your love & nice comments ...
they are a nice bunch but i have tooooo many nice ones to display .. especially the apostle spoons & my favorites the punch ladles !! (Which are very handy for the mulled wine ) lol
very cool!!!
Thanks sean ;-)
thanks sklo42 for your love ;-]
Really nice collection. One of your marrow spoons looks suspiciously like a tax dodger. When items went off to be marked, it would distort the handles out shape so the silver smith would need to reheat the stem and hammer it back into shape. This resulted in the hallmarks getting a bit closed up. Some silversmiths took advantage of this and would make silver spoons and whack them 4 times with their own makers mark and would then hammer it back into shape closing up marks so you can't tell they are all the same. Sometimes this was not too successful and you can see that it is the makers mark repeated. You can't sell these as silver as they weren't tested as sterling and no excise duty was paid on them. I have spoon like this. Who cares, it's totally cool, it's made by an 18th century tax dodger.
Your marrow spoon that has a normal bowl as well is rarer, and is ever rarer because the bowl is a picture back bowl.
Thanks for that info lovedecanters, yes I know a little about silver been collecting it for 25 years & picked up a bit of knowledge on the way , I actually have over 550 silver spoons Inc. Foreign , oldest 1698 up to date .. That's alongside a lots of other pots ,plates , bonbon dishes , candlesticks , salts , sifters , smoking items, vestas , bottles card cases and unusuals!!
Thanks for your love :-)