{"product_id":"fine-1741-english-sterling-silver-hand-chased-courting-scene-serving-spoon","title":"Fine 1741 English Sterling Silver Hand Chased Courting Scene Serving Spoon","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt\"\u003ePresented is a superb quality antique English sterling silver serving spoon. This piece is dated 1741, and stamped with a maker's mark of SW. The spoon is very ornately hand engraved with classical foliate scrollwork and acanthus leaf decoration against a stippled textured background, with a scoll-enclosed cartouche on the upturned terminal of the handle. The bowl of the spoon is richly gold gilt and intricately chased with a genre or courting scene of a man playing a fiddle for a woman, with trees and buildings in the background. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece is hallmarked with the lion passant for sterling silver, the leopard's head crowned for the city of London, the date letter F for 1741, and a maker's mark of SW, listed in Arthur Grimwade's book of gold and silversmiths, unidentified but with a date range of 1739-1742. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece is in excellent condition. There are no splits, no dents, no breaks, no monograms, no monogram removals, and no repairs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe spoon measures about 7 7\/8 inches long. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece weighs 44 grams or 1.6 regular ounces. -jm\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Essex Jewelry and Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46210766798917,"sku":"moe1793401024712","price":173.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/9206\/1509\/files\/fine-1741-english-sterling-silver-hand-chased-courting-scene-serving-spoon_1.jpg?v=1793401035","url":"https:\/\/pantryorganize.shop\/products\/fine-1741-english-sterling-silver-hand-chased-courting-scene-serving-spoon","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}