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Irish Silver Marrow Scoop
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
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Irish Silver Marrow Scoop

19th century
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A good quality Irish silver marrow scoop Dublin 1827 makers mark James Le BAS who was warden of the Dublin Goldsmiths from 1833-38 and ran the Dublin assay office. Original owners initials to the reverse. The retailer was T North.

L 24.5 cm

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Irish Silver Marrow Scoop to the 19th Century.

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A good quality Irish silver marrow scoop Dublin 1827 makers mark James Le BAS who was warden of the Dublin Goldsmiths from 1833-38 and ran the Dublin assay office. Original owners initials to the reverse. The retailer was T North.

L 24.5 cm

Date of Manufacture

Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Irish Silver Marrow Scoop to the 19th Century.

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An antique double-ended sterling silver marrow scoop featuring two elongated trough-shaped bowls of differing widths connected by a narrow central shank.
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Archive I An antique double-ended sterling silver marrow scoop featuring two elongated trough-shaped bowls of differing widths connected by a narrow central shank.

Irish silver marrow scoop

Archive II An antique double-ended sterling silver marrow scoop featuring two elongated trough-shaped bowls of differing widths connected by a narrow central shank. View II
Archive III An antique double-ended sterling silver marrow scoop featuring two elongated trough-shaped bowls of differing widths connected by a narrow central shank. View III
Archive IV An antique double-ended sterling silver marrow scoop featuring two elongated trough-shaped bowls of differing widths connected by a narrow central shank. View IV
Archive V An antique double-ended sterling silver marrow scoop featuring two elongated trough-shaped bowls of differing widths connected by a narrow central shank. View V
Archive VI An antique double-ended sterling silver marrow scoop featuring two elongated trough-shaped bowls of differing widths connected by a narrow central shank. View VI
Archive VII An antique double-ended sterling silver marrow scoop featuring two elongated trough-shaped bowls of differing widths connected by a narrow central shank. View VII
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An antique double-ended sterling silver marrow scoop featuring two elongated trough-shaped bowls of differing widths connected by a narrow central shank.
Irish silver marrow scoop
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Marrow scoops were introduced in late seventeenth-century Britain and Ireland as specialised dining utensils designed to extract marrow from cooked bones during formal meals.

These utensils were predominantly forged from solid sterling silver, though examples in silver plate, pewter, and bone were also produced during the Georgian era.

Authentic pieces typically feature hallmark stamps indicating the silversmith, city of origin, silver purity mark, and date letter stamped along the narrow shank or bowl back.

A silver marrow scoop can be displayed inside a glass cabinet, arranged alongside complementary antique silverware on a sideboard, or mounted as part of a curated shadow box display.

Clean silver with a soft microfibre cloth and specialised silver polish, avoiding abrasive cleaners or automated dishwashers that cause surface scratching and tarnish.
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