Spoon

Date1837-1860

Artist/Maker John Yates

MediumPewter

DimensionsOL: 9"; W (bowl): 1 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1984-157

DescriptionHandle of conventional downturned fiddle type with understated beveled shoulders flanking shank above bowl; pointed egg-shaped bowl with raised single drop on underside below juncture with stem.
InscribedNone
MarkingsMaker's touch "JO/HN/YA/TE/S" within a sequence of five rectangles on underside of handle (Cotterell 5340A; Homer and Hall, no. 46). Secondary mark "VR" in script with royal crown above within a conforming reserve on underside of handle (Cotterell 5340A; Homer and Hall, no. 46).
ProvenanceEx Coll: Fred Bishop Vellacott
Vendor: Robin Bellamy Antiques, Witney, Oxfordshire.