Stock No. 2952	Pair silver George III Hanoverian pattern basting spoons
Particularly elegant pair of George III sterling silver Hanoverian pattern basting spoons. London 1766 by Ebenezer Coker. On the back of the turned up Hanoverian ends of each stem is an engraved family crest of a cock facing right with wings held high, beneath a coronet. The stems are joined to the bowls by an attractive double drop. The oval bowls are very elegantly shaped. The full set of hallmarks are stamped on the reverse of the base of each stem. Maker :- Ebenezer Coker

Condition :-Good condition with a pleasing patina. The hallmarks are perfectly legible but no longer crisp. There is one horizontal scratch across the front of the stem of one of the spoons, near the end but this must have been done quite some years ago because, like the hallmarks and the engraved crests, the scratch has been gently mellowed by time
Hallmarked :- London 1766
Size :- 11.4 inches (28.96 cm) long
Weight :- 6.86 ozt (213.4 g)
The Hanoverian pattern of cutlery is purely 18th century. It was introduced in England in the first decade of the 18th century and became the most popular pattern in use until about 1770. In the past ten years, demand for this pattern has been ever on the increase and therefore finding a pair of basting spoons is quite an achievement while single basting spoons are still relatively easy to find. These spoons are extremely useful for serving from oven-to-table ware since their stems are long enough not to fall into the casserole. Ebenezer Coker is chiefly known for his excellent candlesticks and salvers but he also produced Hanoverian pattern cutlery and anything made by him was always of an extremely high standard.

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