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Antique Silver Arts & Crafts Caddy Spoon - Judy
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Antique Silver Arts & Crafts Caddy Spoon - Judy

1900 - 1920
Description

A highly unusual sterling silver George V Arts & Crafts silver caddy spoon.

It is clearly hallmarked on the reverse for Birmingham 1926, with the maker's mark of Winifred King & Co. The bowl is spot-hammered, and the handle almost certainly formed as 'Judy's' head, complete with bonnet. Fab!

Dimensions:

Length: 10cm

Width: 4.5cm

Silver Weight: 26g

In the early 20th century, silversmiths and brass makers frequently used characters from Punch and Judy as decorative finials for tea caddy spoons.

Winifred King and Co. was an Arts and Crafts venture dating from circa 1920-1940 between Winifred King and Mildred Murphy. Based in Coventry, they are best known for small silver items such as spoons. This spoon is one of their earliest hallmarked pieces. King and Murphy worked at Old Palace Chambers, Earl Street, in Coventry. King was a leading figure in the local arts movement, becoming Secretary of the Coventry and Warwick Society of Artists. She was a regular exhibitor at their annual exhibitions as well as the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Exhibitions. Her work can be found in Coventry's main museum, the Herbert Museum and Art Gallery.

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The Silver Cabinet has dated this Silver Arts Crafts Caddy Spoon to the 1920s.

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Description
A highly unusual sterling silver George V Arts & Crafts silver caddy spoon.
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It is clearly hallmarked on the reverse for Birmingham 1926, with the maker's mark of Winifred King & Co.
The Silver Cabinet

The bowl is spot-hammered, and the handle almost certainly formed as 'Judy's' head, complete with bonnet. Fab!

fig 1. A hand-hammered silver caddy spoon featuring a stylized profile head handle and a teardrop-shaped planished bowl.
fig 1. Antique Silver Arts & Crafts Caddy Spoon - Judy

Dimensions:

Length: 10cm

Width: 4.5cm

Silver Weight: 26g

In the early 20th century, silversmiths and brass makers frequently used characters from Punch and Judy as decorative finials for tea caddy spoons.

fig 2. A hand-hammered silver caddy spoon featuring a stylized profile head handle and a teardrop-shaped planished bowl.
fig 2. Antique Silver Arts & Crafts Caddy Spoon - Judy

Winifred King and Co. was an Arts and Crafts venture dating from circa 1920-1940 between Winifred King and Mildred Murphy. Based in Coventry, they are best known for small silver items such as spoons. This spoon is one of their earliest hallmarked pieces. King and Murphy worked at Old Palace Chambers, Earl Street, in Coventry. King was a leading figure in the local arts movement, becoming Secretary of the Coventry and Warwick Society of Artists. She was a regular exhibitor at their annual exhibitions as well as the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Exhibitions. Her work can be found in Coventry's main museum, the Herbert Museum and Art Gallery.

fig 3. A hand-hammered silver caddy spoon featuring a stylized profile head handle and a teardrop-shaped planished bowl.
fig 3. Antique Silver Arts & Crafts Caddy Spoon - Judy

Complimentary gift wrapping is available on request.

Post and packaging are free within the UK. Overseas buyers please e-mail for postage costs and please note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to buying.

Date of Manufacture

The Silver Cabinet has dated this Silver Arts Crafts Caddy Spoon to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1234488
Dealers Internal Ref
C880
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Archive I A hand-hammered silver caddy spoon featuring a stylized profile head handle and a teardrop-shaped planished bowl.

Antique Silver Arts & Crafts Caddy Spoon - Judy

Archive II A hand-hammered silver caddy spoon featuring a stylized profile head handle and a teardrop-shaped planished bowl. View II
Archive III A hand-hammered silver caddy spoon featuring a stylized profile head handle and a teardrop-shaped planished bowl. View III
Archive IV A hand-hammered silver caddy spoon featuring a stylized profile head handle and a teardrop-shaped planished bowl. View IV
Archive V A hand-hammered silver caddy spoon featuring a stylized profile head handle and a teardrop-shaped planished bowl. View V
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A hand-hammered silver caddy spoon featuring a stylized profile head handle and a teardrop-shaped planished bowl.
Antique Silver Arts & Crafts Caddy Spoon - Judy
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A hand-hammered silver caddy spoon featuring a stylized profile head handle and a teardrop-shaped planished bowl.
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  • ObjectCaddy Spoon
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleArts & Crafts
  • MaterialSilver
  • ColourSilver
  • MotifsPlanished bowl, Figural handle, Profile silhouette

This George V sterling silver Arts and Crafts caddy spoon dates from 1926, bearing the maker's mark of Winifred King and Co. The silver piece has a reflective silver finish and displays a spot-hammered texture across its teardrop-shaped bowl, along with a figural handle depicting a profile silhouette head wearing a bonnet. The handle incorporates cutout apertures within the bonnet and beneath the chin, and shows soft, rounded facial features. It measures 10 cm in length and 4.5 cm in width, weighing 26 g. In a contemporary home, this small antique silver implement sits suitably on a sideboard top as a decorative collectible or tea accessory. The design reflects early twentieth-century British silversmithing traditions associated with Punch and Judy character motifs. Collectors of Arts and Crafts metalwork can display the item within a cabinet or incorporate it into a table setting during afternoon tea service.

FAQs

Created during the Arts and Crafts movement, these silver spoons feature hand-planished surfaces and stylized motifs designed as functional utensils for measuring loose tea from a caddy.

These pieces were crafted from solid or sterling silver, often employing hand-hammering, casting, and chasing techniques to create distinct textured bowls and patterned handles.

Authentic pieces feature hand-planished hammer marks, official hallmarks indicating silver purity, maker marks, and stylized organic or human form motifs characteristic of the era.

Small antique silver utensils can be displayed on a sideboard top alongside vintage tea caddies, presented within a glass vitrine, or mounted inside a shadow box frame.

Clean silver gently with a soft cotton cloth and a non-abrasive silver polish, avoiding harsh chemicals, and store in tarnish-inhibiting cloth to minimise oxidisation.
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