Tablespoon
Thomas Chawner (1734 - 1802/11)
Category
Silver
Date
1774 - 1775
Materials
Sterling silver, Silver
Measurements
210 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872312.3.30
Summary
One of six Old English pattern table spoons, sterling silver, by Thomas Chawner, London, 1774/5. Now part of a composite table and dessert service. Heraldry: The front of the terminal is engraved with the Parker crest of an erect arm, the hand clasping a stag’s antler, for Montagu Edmund Parker (1737-1813) of Whiteway, Chudleigh, Devon.
Full description
For further information about the overall service see the master object entry.
Provenance
Montagu Edmund Parker (1737-1813) of Whiteway; by descent to his granddaughter Harriet Parker, Countess of Morley (1809-97); by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962); accepted in lieu of Estate Duty by HM Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 1957.
Credit line
Saltram, the Morley Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse of the stem: Hallmarks (distorted but evident across the spoons): maker’s mark T pellet C in a rectangular stamp for Thomas Chawner (Arrhur Grimwade, London Goldsmiths (1990), no. 2718), sterling lion and date letter ‘T’ for 1774/5.
Makers and roles
Thomas Chawner (1734 - 1802/11), goldsmith