Burnell and Rowe

Description

This is a good quality late Victorian Sterling Silver Salt Spoon in the traditional Old English pattern. The spoon has a gilded bowl and there are no initials or personalisation of any kind.

The salt spoon was made by Josiah Williams & Co of Bristol and assayed in London in 1893. Josiah Williams & Co of Bristol were a hugely successful firm of silversmiths, the biggest in England outside of London, Birmingham and Sheffield. They traced their history back to Robert Williams succeeding to the business of William Woodman in around 1838. The firm passed through several generations of the Williams family becoming Josiah Williams & Co in 1879. Later partners included George Jackson and David Fullerton before they became a limited company in 1925. They finally ceased trading around 1940.

Condition is very good, with no dings or dents and just the minimal superficial surface wear that has to be expected after 130 years of use. Please make sure to view all the photographs.

The salt spoon is 9.6cm / 3.8ins long and weighs in at 11.0g / 0.39oz of solid Sterling Silver.

The hallmarks, on the underside of the stem, are nice and clear to read. They show the lion passant for Sterling Silver, the leopard's head assay mark for London, the date letter S for 1893 and the G M J makers' mark for George M. Jackson, who was head of Josiah Williams & Co at the time.

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