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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 276406, member: 360&quot;]Here&#039;s somethin&#039; you don&#039;t see every day!</p><p><br /></p><p>...mostly because they stopped making them about 200 years ago...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]87877[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a George III sterling silver pap boat, from the second half of the 1700s, hallmarked in London.</p><p><br /></p><p>...That&#039;s all I can tell you because all the other marks are rubbed. </p><p><br /></p><p>The marks are: </p><p><br /></p><p>[MAKER&#039;S MARK] [Lion Passant] [Crowned Leopard&#039;s Head] [Date Letter] [Duty Mark George III, looking right]</p><p><br /></p><p>According to my research, the duty mark which closest matches mine is from 1795. So that&#039;s what I&#039;m dating this piece at. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pap boats were en vogue from about 1710-1820, and they were small, handheld silver vessels for feeding babies &#039;pap&#039; (a sort of soft, milky sweet porridge).</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Pap&#039; was also an old-fashioned word for &#039;breast&#039; or &#039;nipple&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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