Lot Details & Additional Photographs
(10 pieces including: a George II silver marrow scoop, mark of Ebenezer Coker, London (1751), engraved "
RD" (8.25 in.); a George III silver serving spoon, "WE" sponsor's mark, London (1828), no monogram (12 in.); a pair of Victorian teaspoons, mark of West & Son, London (1896), period engraved crest (4.25 in.); a George II silver gilt marrow spoon, mark of Thomas Whipham and unidentified "GHM" mark in rectangular punch and marked "B" (6.75 in.); a set of (3) silver spoons with unidentified hallmarks, likely 18th century, Continental (6 7/8 in.); a Norwegian sterling demitasse spoon, 20th century , mark of TH. Marthinsen; and a large Continental serving spoon, circa 1800, unidentified marking, period script monogram (11 5/8 in.).
13 total troy oz.
By descent from the John Jacob Astor IV family of Rhinebeck, New York, through William Astor Drayton, the father of Countess Margaret (Peggy) Reventlow, philanthropist and patron of services for the blind Good estate condition.