Andrew Nethercott Antiques has dated this piece to the Victorian era.
Four spoons hallmarked London 1804 makers mark TW for Thomas Wallace II
Two spoons hallmarked London 1822 makers mark JH for Jonathan Hayne
The six plain Georgian spoons re worked as a set, each inscribed;
FROM (crown) VR ( monogram) CHRISTMAS 1880
This boxed set would have been given by Queen Victoria herself as a gift for Christmas 1880.
The Queen would have given Christmas presents to her tenants, her personal servants, her ladies in waiting as well as numerous family members, all carefully graded according to the position and rank of the recipient. An engraved boxed set such as this would have been given to a person of resonable importance. Although many Christmas presents must have been given by Queen Victoria not many turn up on the open market.
All in excellent sound condition virtually unused, in original good sound display case, some light surface wear to the outside, part retailers label inside the
Length of spoons 4" or 103mm, gross weight of silver 96 grams.
Queen Victoria was a generous patron of the arts with a good eye, as can be witnessed in her collections amassed in her houses and palaces, especially Osbourne House, where these spoons were almost certainly given, her private family sanctuary devoted to pleasure, high days and holidays.
The later decorated berry spoon has often been marked down by modern silver collectoing purists, this set's documentary top-of-the-tree aristocratic pedigree shows that this view was clearly not one subscribed to in the nineteenth century.
Andrew Nethercott Antiques has dated this piece to the Victorian era.
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Royalty H.r.h. Queen Victoria Engraved Christmas Gift Sterling Silver Boxed Spoons
