🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Can someone decipher these hallmarks? The TT maker is escaping me. Thanks.

[Marino13]

 

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[tamrock]

1st letters are the makers initials, which neither rings a bell in me. 2nd is the lion mark for sterling silver 3rd is the city mark which looks like the one for Edinburgh 4th is the year made mark. That's about all I can guess without searching online or finding a book i got somewhere that lists hallmarks. They look rather old in style and those date marks will say for sure how old they are.

 

[Red-Coat]

Very nice. Both are London hallmarked Sterling silver. What @tamrock perceives as an Edinburgh mark is a crowned leopard's head for London (for both pieces).

The first one has the ‘S’ date letter for 1773 and the ‘T.T’ mark with the slightly raised stop between the letters is for Thomas Tookey. A similar mark was registered by Thomas Taylor I in 1767 but I would be sure it’s Tookey’s mark, which was first registered in October 1773 (the same year as the hallmark).

The second one has the ‘f’ date letter which I believe is for 1781 although it has a minor anomaly in that it looks to be italicised and should not be. That ties in with the maker mark ‘HB’ which is for Hester Bateman. She first registered in 1761 but that style for her mark dates between 1776-1788

 

[Marino13]

Very nice. Both are London hallmarked Sterling silver. What @tamrock perceives as an Edinburgh mark is a crowned leopard's head for London (for both pieces).

The first one has the ‘S’ date letter for 1773 and the ‘T.T’ mark with the slightly raised stop between the letters is for Thomas Tookey. A similar mark was registered by Thomas Taylor I in 1767 but I would be sure it’s Tookey’s mark, which was first registered in October 1773 (the same year as the hallmark).

The second one has the ‘f’ date letter which I believe is for 1781 although it has a minor anomaly in that it looks to be italicised and should not be. That ties in with the maker mark ‘HB’ which is for Hester Bateman. She first registered in 1761 but that style for her mark dates between 1776-1788

Thank you, awesome as usual red coat. What would be a fair purchase price? They are marrow spoons

 

[Marino13]

1st letters are the makers initials, which neither rings a bell in me. 2nd is the lion mark for sterling silver 3rd is the city mark which looks like the one for Edinburgh 4th is the year made mark. That's about all I can guess without searching online or finding a book i got somewhere that lists hallmarks. They look rather old in style and those date marks will say for sure how old they are.

Thanks TR.

 

[Red-Coat]

Thank you, awesome as usual red coat. What would be a fair purchase price? They are marrow spoons

You’re welcome. I would say fair prices here would be around £200-250 (pounds sterling) for the Bateman spoon and £100-150 for the Tookey spoon. You can do you own dollar conversions. A dealer of course would likely offer you no more than half that.

 

[Marino13]

You’re welcome. I would say fair prices here would be around £200-250 (pounds sterling) for the Bateman spoon and £100-150 for the Tookey spoon. You can do you own dollar conversions. A dealer of course would likely offer you no more than half that.

Wow! Thanks.

 

[CRUSADER]

I would put more money on the 'Hester Bateman', as she is highly collectible as the first Lady Silver-Smith.

 

[Red-Coat]

I would put more money on the 'Hester Bateman', as she is highly collectible as the first Lady Silver-Smith.

Highly collectible indeed, although she was a long way from being the first lady silversmith in England. There were a number of others registered before her, including Katherine Stevens (1673), Jane Lambe (1719), Sarah Parr (1720), Mary Pantin (1733), Elizabeth Tuite (1741), and Elizabeth Hartley (1748). Bateman is however probably the most renowned of the early women silversmiths.

For that reason I agree that her work carries a premium, which is why I priced it higher, but there’s one of her marrow spoons available here at a fleabay price of £225 (or best offer):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156455415535?chn=ps&_ul=GB&_trkparms=ispr=1&amdata=enc:1WmRjCeFPS1-wCTArq7Swfw20&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=156455415535&targetid=2425733423477&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006693&poi=&campaignid=21697391927&mkgroupid=162558106770&rlsatarget=pla-2425733423477&abcId=10027104&merchantid=6995734&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImoOWi-TPiQMV7YlQBh2eARZjEAQYBCABEgIczPD_BwE

..and another here at an antique shop price of £260

https://www.dudleyantiquesilver.com...ter-bateman-georgian-beaded-edge-marrow-scoop

I’m not convinced that the OP’s example is actually a marrow spoon rather than a serving spoon, which might knock a little off the price.

 

[CRUSADER]

Highly collectible indeed, although she was a long way from being the first lady silversmith in England. There were a number of others registered before her, including Katherine Stevens (1673), Jane Lambe (1719), Sarah Parr (1720), Mary Pantin (1733), Elizabeth Tuite (1741), and Elizabeth Hartley (1748). Bateman is however probably the most renowned of the early women silversmiths.

For that reason I agree that her work carries a premium, which is why I priced it higher, but there’s one of her marrow spoons available here at a fleabay price of £225 (or best offer):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156455415535?chn=ps&_ul=GB&_trkparms=ispr=1&amdata=enc:1WmRjCeFPS1-wCTArq7Swfw20&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=156455415535&targetid=2425733423477&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006693&poi=&campaignid=21697391927&mkgroupid=162558106770&rlsatarget=pla-2425733423477&abcId=10027104&merchantid=6995734&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImoOWi-TPiQMV7YlQBh2eARZjEAQYBCABEgIczPD_BwE

..and another here at an antique shop price of £260

https://www.dudleyantiquesilver.com...ter-bateman-georgian-beaded-edge-marrow-scoop

I’m not convinced that the OP’s example is actually a marrow spoon rather than a serving spoon, which might knock a little off the price.

Shame it wasn't like the other marrow spoon, as that would have been a better combo.

 

[Marino13]

Shame it wasn't like the other marrow spoon, as that would have been a better combo.

Look closer at the handle. It's a marrow scoop. Dual purpose?