Queen Anne Rattail Silver Table Spoon, 1711 Cox
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Table Spoon - Hanoverian Rattail pattern - London 1711 by George Cox - 20.3cm long; 69g - RD/4321
This is an early example of a Hanoverian Rattail silver table spoon dating from the reign of Queen Anne, as the main period of production of this form of spoon was a few years later following King George I’s accession.
The spoon exhibits a rounded stem and elongated oval bowl that has since become familiar, but at the time would have been at the cutting edge of fashion as spoons evolved from the flat stems and more rounded bowls of the trefid spoon.
The spoon was made by the specialist spoonmaker George Cox who had been apprenticed to William Scarlett and became free in 1691. It has a good set of Britannia standard London hallmarks with legible stamps including the “Co” with mullets maker mark and the date letter for 1711. The reverse terminal is engraved with an original betrothal triangle and the spoon is in fine condition.
