Dessert spoon
Paul Callard
Category
Silver
Date
1758 - 1759
Materials
Sterling silver
Measurements
3.6 cm (Width); 17.8 cm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852098.29
Summary
One of twenty three dessert spoons, sterling silver, by Paul Callard, London, 1758/9. Part of a service with twenty three dessert forks (NT 852098.1-23) and six dessert knives (NT 852204). The spoon is of the Hanoverian pattern with reeding to the handle front and back and a substantial single drop on the back at the bowl end. Heraldry: The rear of the terminal is engraved with the quartered arms of the Hanoverian monarchs (pre-1801) within the Garter and beneath an imperial crown flanked by the initials G R. Scratchweight: None. A combined weight for the original two dozen spoons is given in the 1811 plate list (Suffolk Record Office, ref. 941/75/1) as 38oz 13dwt.
Full description
For further detail see the master object entry.
Provenance
Jewel Office; allocated to George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol (1721-75) as Ambassador to Madrid 1758; discharged to Lord Bristol 9 April 1759; by descent to the 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863-1951); accepted by the Treasury in lieu of death duties in 1956 and transferred to the National Trust.
Credit line
Ickworth, the Bristol Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Rear of stem: Hallmarks: maker’s mark ‘PC’ beneath two mullets and above a fleur-de-lis (Arthur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, London 1990, no. 2150), lion passant, leopard’s head and date letter ‘C’.
Makers and roles
Paul Callard, goldsmith