Description
Sterling Silver Berry Spoons
Set of 4 antique sterling silver berry spoons by Pentecost Symonds of Plymouth c.1740,these were hallmarked in Exeter but show no date letter or Exeter town mark .
The decoration would have been carried out a lot later and well into the Victorian period. Pentecost Symonds makers mark is clearly struck on each spoon, as well as the Exeter crowned leopard head and lion passant.
They come boxed, box will most probably be original from the time the spoons were decorated and not from the time they were first made.
Each measures 210mm in length and are in magnificent condition.
DATE | c.1740 |
MAKER or SPONSOR MARK | Pentecost Symonds |
ASSAY OFFICE | Exeter |
WEIGHT (Grammes) | 233 |
WEIGHT (Troy) | 7.49 |
REF:- | 295E |