Six George IV silver Hatchetts Hotel teaspoons

Set of six George IV sterling silver, fiddle pattern teaspoons. London 1820 by T. Baker. The bowls of the spoons are engraved Hatchetts Hotel on the reverse and the reverse of the stems are engraved Piccadilly. The reverse of the end of the stems are all stamped with the makers mark and with the sterling lion passant mark, the London date mark for 1820 and the kings head duty mark.



Hatchetts Hotel was very centrally placed in London at 67 Piccadilly and it was also a stage coach stop. It was a second league good hotel and, according to Moggs New Picture of London and Visitors Guide to its Sights, 1844 it was the sort of hotel where the first families will find themselves, comparatively speaking, at home. Hatchetts was mainly frequented by well to do families living in the country who did not own a house in London but visited London for the season or other reasons. It was also a very popular hotel with batchelors home on leave from the Colonies.