Stock No. 1968	Set of 12 George II Hanoverian tablespoons
	Set of 12 sterling silver George II Hanoverian pattern tablespoons. The bowls have an elegantly elongated almond shape and a long drop on the back. The crest of Dawson is engraved at the end of each spoon stem: - a cat's head affrontee, gorged with a mural crown, holding a rat in its mouth
	Maker :- Ebenezer Coker

Condition :-Excellent condition, with well shaped bowls and scarcely a blemish.. On the whole, all the hallmarks are good. However, the maker's mark was lightly struck on two of the spoons and is no longer visible and the date mark is no longer visible on one of the spoons. Nevertheless, the general uniformity of the shape of the spoons, their long drop on the back of the bowl and the same engraved crest throughout makes it obvious that all the spoons are part of the same set
Hallmarked :- London 1750		.
Size :- 10 inches long (25.4cm)
Weight :- 27.48 ozt (854.8g)
Hanoverian pattern cutlery (approximately 1730 - 1770s or 1780s), was always of a very heavy gauge compared with the much lighter but very elegant Old English pattern which followed in its wake. The ends of the stems of both spoons and forks all turn upwards. Also, because it was hand forged, each piece of cutlery varies slightly in weight and dimension from another so that each piece is an individual. It is this lack of total uniformity that gives eighteenth century cutlery such charm.

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