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From about the 1660s to the 1760s, the stem curved in the same direction of the bowl but thereafter, with the advent of spoons made in the ‘Old English Pattern’, the stem curved in the opposite direction of the bowl so that when a spoon is laid on a table both the bottom of the bowl and the terminal of the stem are in contact with the surface and the spoon is in a balanced position; hence on later spoons the decoration is on the front of the handle.\r\n\r\nThe styles of spoons vary tremendously, especially in the shape of the stem, the decoration of the bowl and the form of the terminal.  The patterns of some spoons have distinctive names based on the shape and style of the handle, e.g. fiddle pattern, Old English Pattern, Onslow Pattern and dozens of others, both old and modern.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Spoon, silver-gilt, single drop, \"Old English\" pattern engraved with a crest.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"George Smith and William Fearn","id":"A34493"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"}],"techniques":[{"text":"forging","id":"AAT54033"},{"text":"amalgam gilding","id":"AAT53790"},{"text":"engraving (incising)","id":"AAT53829"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver-gilt, engraved","categories":[{"text":"Eating","id":"THES48963"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Silver","id":"THES251836"},{"text":"Tableware & cutlery","id":"THES48888"}],"styles":[{"text":"Old English","id":"AAT21212"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"027","id":"THES408942"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Spoon","id":"AAT43149"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1791-1792","earliest":"1791-05-29","latest":"1792-05-28"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"M.332-1962","id":"O104242"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"M.332A-1962","id":"O271791"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"M.332B-1962","id":"O271790"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"M.332C-1962","id":"O271789"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"M.332D-1962","id":"O271788"},"association":"Set"}],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Claude D. 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The stem of each spoon is marked near the bowl on one face with the Paris mark for large foreign silver used between 1819 and 1838, (see Carre, Guide to Old French Plate, 1931, p.205) and on the other a defaced mark.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"Engraved with a crest: a saracen's head and neck couped at the shoulders proper, ducally crowned or, with a long cap turned forward gules, tasselled or, thereon a Catherine wheel of the same.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Rotch Bequest","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Spoon, silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1791-92, mark of George Smith and William Fearn.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"crests","id":"AAT233389"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["M.332E-1962"],"accessionNumberNum":"332","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1962,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-06-09","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":true}}