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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silver, post: 306167, member: 6202&quot;]Good Day All</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a set of six toddy spoons that belonged to my Great Grandmother.&nbsp; I will attach photos of one the spoons and its hallmarks.&nbsp; I have a number of queries and would appreciate it if anyone would provide information/advice.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. I&#039;m battling to identify the hallmark correctly.&nbsp; It appears to me to be Newcastle but there is no Leopard&#039;s head.&nbsp; I did read somewhere that smaller items do not always have complete marks.&nbsp; Is this correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Assuming it is Newcastle, what is the year?&nbsp; The year stamp is an M in a square with clipped corners. That could make it 1851/2.&nbsp; But the sovereign&#039;s head duty mark appears to be uncrowned and looking to the right whereas according to Jackson it should be crowned and facing left!</p><p><br /></p><p>1826/7 also looks wrong because that year had no shield on the date stamp and also no three-castles stamp!</p><p><br /></p><p>1802/3 has the sovereign uncrowned and facing right (which is good) and the lion passant is in a shield that has a curly bottom (which is also good) but the picture in Jackson seems to show a date letter in a box without clipped corners (which is bad).&nbsp; I see that other letters in that sequence do have clipped corners so perhaps the printing is just not accurate in Jackson?&nbsp; Overall, this looks the best bet to me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But the marks for 1802/3 do not follow the same sequence as in Jackson - is this significant?</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Can anyone identify the maker?</p><p><br /></p><p>4. What were toddy spoons actually used for - this is a set of six which suggests that each guest was supplied with his or her own spoon.&nbsp; Why does one need a spoon for a toddy?&nbsp; And why is it shaped like a ladle?</p><p><br /></p><p>The photos will follow below (I hope!).&nbsp; One shows the front of the spoon, another shows all the marks together, and others are closer photos of some of the marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you all in advance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael[ATTACH=full]100513[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]100514[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]100515[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]100516[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]100517[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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