Tablespoon
William Eley
Category
Silver
Date
1804
Materials
Silver-gilt
Measurements
45 mm (Width); 222 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609244.2
Summary
One of six silver-gilt King's pattern tablespoons engraved with the Hill crest. Makers' marks for William Eley and William Fern, London, 1804. The 'King's Shape' with a small hour-glass device about one third of the way down the piece was a popular Regency pattern deriving from French 18th century plateware.
Provenance
Presumed to be part of William Noel-Hill’s Ambassadorial service. William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842) who had been in Italy as British Envoy and Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies. By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Engraved with the Hill crest
Makers and roles
William Eley, maker William Fearn (fl.1769 - 1824), maker