Tablespoon
William Eley
Category
Silver
Date
1798 - 1805
Materials
Silver
Measurements
50 mm (Width); 220 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609382.2.7
Summary
One of eleven plain Old English pattern silver tablespoons engraved with the Hill crest. Makers' marks for William Eley and William Fearn, London, 1798 (5 spoons); 1802 (5 spoons); 1805 (1 spoon).
Provenance
Attingham collection; 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