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A warm welcome to the ANTIQUE SILVER SPOONS home page
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Caddy spoons by Omar Ramsden, Eliz. Morley & Francis Higgins |
Selection of Marrow Scoops |
This website is dedicated to all and everything connected with antique silver - spoons,
high quality hollowware, collectables and canteens.
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Irish Skewer, Cork c. 1810 by Carden Terry and Jane Williams |
Punch Bowl & Goblets, London 1899 by Elkington & Co. |
Elgin Table Spoon, c.1790 by C. Fowler (inc. Cathedral mark) |
"I Love Liberty" Picture-back Spoon, London c. 1770 by P.Roker |
Aims
to provide reference information on antique spoons for the serious enthusiast or the casual browser
to help beginners decide on specialist areas in which to concentrate collecting
to provide advice for buying/building a canteen in silver
to offer a good selection of spoons and collectables for sale ranging from £10 - £2000
to offer books for sale with reviews to aid you to make a choice
to generally encourage & help you to enjoy your hobby more.
The website includes spoons from the Tudor period, through the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries and into the 20th Century. It does not include souvenir spoons, spoons made from any other material than silver (with one or two interesting exceptions) nor the "run-of-the-mill" mass produced items with no collectable qualities. The web-site has been further expanded to include collectable silver (e.g. boxes, wine labels, scent bottles etc) and high quality antique hollowware.
For regular browsers please check out the What's new? section for recent additions.
Buying Silver
We are always keen to buy good quality silver and collections. Please see this link for more information.
With high current metal prices, many pieces have been out-priced by their intrinsic metal value and we are actively seeking to buy as much silver as possible. We are able to pay the very best rates for "scrap" silver (although we avoid melting wherever possible).
Please take a look at our new sister website at www.uksilverexchange.co.uk . This website is aimed at saving all the silver that is being sent for scrap. It is inevitable that poor quality, damaged, tired and unsaleable pieces end up in the metal pot, but there are plenty of serviceable items that can be saved and re-cycled back in to the trade. This new website shows how we do this with great success to our growing list of trade buyers.