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September/October 2011 (Volume 22/01) ~ Vol. 22/01 in PDF
A Scottish provincial maker's mark identified by Miles Harrison
Prussian or Russian by Anne Graham
A Dutch Mori spoon & fork set (1672) from New York - pt. 1 by Kevin Brown
The reappearance of a major Scottish provincial rarity by Colin Fraser
Seven teaspoons that tell a story by Luke Schrager
A few early ladles and strainers by David Whitbread
A new publication: Collecting Silver by Richard Turner


July/August 2011 (Volume 21/06) ~ Vol. 21/06 in PDF
An unusual drop on Scottish provincial tablespoons by Kenneth J Reid
The introduction of the thistle mark at Edinburgh by Laurence Joyce
What ever happened to Jeremiah Garfield? by Trevor Downes
Samuel Richardson of Worcester by Cathlyn Davidson
New book release - The First Huguenot Silversmiths of London
Auction Review - Thomson Roddick Scottish Auctions by Mr M


May/June 2011 (Volume 21/05) ~ Vol. 21/05 in PDF
Smallworks and the Goldsmiths' Company by David McKinley
Top-marking of flatware before 1781 by Anthony Dove
A big story from a little spoon by Estelle Quick
A pair of Scottish spoons from the Breadalbane collection by Laurence Joyce
Mistaken identity - an unexpected result of a little research by Paul Homes
An example of the counterfeiters' art - additional info by Trevor Downes


March/April 2011 (Volume 21/04) ~ Vol. 21/04 in PDF
The 'London forgery group' re-visited by Tim Kent
An unusual 18th century drop by Anthony Dove
An example of the counterfeiters' art by Trevor Downes
Apologies to a 17th century spoonmaker by David Whitbread
Silver spoons by Kalinova (December 1916) by David Evans
With compliments - Edward Barnard & Sons by Aelred Tobin


January/February 2011 (Volume 21/03) ~ Vol. 21/03 in PDF
Macaroni servers - an American speciality by Miles Harrison
1739-1755 London hallmarking by David McKinley
Museu da Quinta das Cruzes by Cathy Chivers
A piece of Carden Terry's personal flatware by Trevor Downes
A brief review of three Scottish Sales by Mr M.
The Auchentorlie spoon


November/December 2010 (Volume 21/02) ~ Vol. 21/02 in PDF
You can't take picnic spoons to the cricket
A path through the thistles by Laurence Joyce
A Trefid variant by David Orfeur
York: Edward Jackson by Richard Jonas
Andreas Sperl - maker of captain's spoons by Jurgen Beyer
Transitional Trefids by David Whitbread
Nathaniel Mills - the king of castle tops by Cliff Proctor


September/October 2010 (Volume 21/01) ~ Vol. 21/01 in PDF
A Lewis Discovery by Michael Baggott
The Barncleuch Puritan spoon
Unusual town marks for Glasgow by Kenneth Reid
Three spoons for the 21st century by Anne Graham
A furry 'JS' mark by Bruce Jones
Review - Two Scottish sales by Mr M


July/August 2010 (Volume 20/06) ~ Vol. 20/06 in PDF
Cleaning the ship's silver by Aelred Tobin
Hallmarks on English coins by David Orfeur
A Friday afternoon Trefid by David Whitbread
Review - The Griffin spoon sale - by Tim Kent
Further thoughts on early 18th C. small spoons by David McKinley
Book: An illustrated guide to York hallmarks by Michael Baggott


May/June 2010 (Volume 20/05) ~ Vol. 20/05 in PDF
Edward Anthony - puritan spoonmaker by Tim Kent
Obituary - Dr Jeremy Griffin (1938-2010) by Mary Cooke
The mint sauce ladle by Miles Harrison
Trefid tea and condiment spoons by David Whitbread
The 1739-1755 London date cycle by David McKinley
An Irish spoon - David Peter & John Letablere by David Orfeur.


March/April 2010 (Volume 20/04) ~ Vol. 20/04 in PDF
Some doubts on the attribution of the Mitre mark by Jonathan & Laurence Joyce
A tale of two forks by Luke Schrager
A Southampton seal-top by David Whitbread
A naval Hanoverian spoon - Pentecost Symonds by David Orfeur
A captain's spoon from Pernau, Estonia by Anne Graham
A Dunstan Pruden slip-top by Aelred Tobin


January/February 2010 (Volume 20/03) ~ Vol. 20/03 in PDF
Hand-made silverwork - a new factory for an old trade by Mary Haines
Thee remarkable tablespoons from Edinburgh by Kevin Brown
Tricuspid & bicuspid duty marks used in Edinburgh by Kenneth Reid
Modern spoon by Alan Kelsey & David Whitbread
Duty or dissent? By Michael Aryton
Hallmarking of Newcastle small silver & tongs by Miles Harrison


November/December 2009 (Volume 20/02) ~ Vol. 20/02 in PDF
Nelson Walker: silversmith, shipbuilder & Surveyor by Laurence Joyce
Obituary - Eric J.G. Smith (1927-2009) by Alexis Butcher
The importance of 'link' spoons by Tim Kent
Another look at the attribution of Harache marks by David McKinley
The Club Postal Auction



September/October 2009 (Volume 20/01) ~ Vol. 20/01 in PDF
Exhibition - Corals and Bells - Sterckshof Silver Museum
A little light on the Welches by Tim Kent
Exhibition - The Bishoplands Fellowship - Whiteley Galleries, V&A
Nearly a very early Fiddle pattern by David Whitbread
Some thoughts on decorated teaspoons 1763-1810 by John Manasseh
Review - Lyon & Turnbull - Scottish Silver - 17th August 2009


July/August 2009 (Volume 19/06) ~ Vol. 19/06 in PDF
Scottish provincial silversmiths - An occasional series, No.11 by E. Daw
Plate duty and The Goldsmiths' Company by David McKinley
Maker's mark 'NC' conjoined on Trefid spoons by David Whitbread
A spoon from Vilna by Anne Graham
Andrew Davidson and the Edinburgh Assay Office by Laurence Joyce
Review - Thomson Roddick Scottish Auctions - 21st May - by Mr M


May/June 2009 (Volume 19/05) ~ Vol. 19/05 in PDF
Silenus or Falstaff? By David Whitbread
Enigma in silver by Eric Smith
The runcible spoon by Michael Ayrton
Scottish provincial silversmiths - An occasional series, No. 10 by E. Daw
You can trust English hallmarks by Graham Thurston
The reverend Charles Godfrey Langdon by Christopher Langdon


March/April 2009 (Volume 19/04) ~ Vol. 19/04 in PDF
A woman of business by Luke Schrager
The rococo by David Orfeur
The 'runcible' spoon - fact or fiction? By Robert Sparrow
Ritualistic spoons - a response by Paul Holmes
Children's spoons by David Whitbread
Review - Woolley & Wallis Sale - 27th January 2009 by Colin Fraser


January/February 2009 (Volume 19/03) ~ Vol. 19/03 in PDF
The 7th Silver Spoon Club Meeting
Jason Holt or Joseph Hicks? by Graham Hodges
The first high standard for English silver by David McKinley
James Sturrock in Montrose by Jonathan & Laurence Joyce
Book review - by Colin T. Fraser
Review - Bonhams, New Bond St. - 19th November 2008 by Tim Kent


November/December 2008 (Volume 19/02) ~ Vol. 19/02 in PDF
A William & Mary marrow spoon by Geoff Pell
Early Scottish spoons by Peter Bentley
Another Hoof End spoon by Piers Percival
Collecting Russian flatware by Walter Brown
The Exeter Lions by Miles Harrison
Review - Thomson Roddick sale - 24th September 2008 by Mr M.


September/October 2008 (Volume 19/01) ~ Vol. 19/01 in PDF
An important new discovery in early Scottish silver by Colin T. Fraser
An interesting snuff spoon by Anthony Dove
A collector's August reflection by Tim Kent
A new Dumfries maker? By Michael Baggott
Review - Lyon & Turnbull Scottish sale - 26th August - By Mr M
Review - Bonhams - The Scottish sale - 27th August - By Mr M


July/August 2008 (Volume 18/06) ~ Vol. 18/06 in PDF
Sugar & spice and all things nice - Hoof End spoons by David Orfeur
Review - 'Georgian Silver Sugar Tongs' review by Anthony Dove
The sinister side to Lot 113 by Michael Bodden
Spoons on the underground
An unascribed thistle mark by Laurence Joyce
The marking of early sugar tongs by Michael Baggott


May/June 2008 (Volume 18/05) ~ Vol. 18/05 in PDF
2008 - The year so far by Time Kent
'G.N' - A specialist maker of sugar nips by David Shlosberg
Dating mote spoons by David Mckinley
Communion or altar spoons? by Paul Holmes
Book review - Compendium of Scottish silver - review by Colin Fraser
The Dundee alphabet mysteries - an occasional series No.8 by E. Daw


March/April 2008 (Volume 18/04) ~ Vol. 18/04 in PDF
A small world by David Whitbread
What's it for? by Richard Stagg.
Sugar tongs - A West country variation by Michael Baggott
What's in a pellet? By David Orfeur
A communion spoon and its history by Peter Bentley
Review - Lyon & Turnbull sale - 13th February 2008 by Mr M


January/February 2008 (Volume 18/03) ~ Vol. 18/03 in PDF
Early caddy spoons - where are they? By David McKinley
'Made In Scotland' - A Scottish silver exhibition
Two important silver sales by Tim Kent
Bruce Russell of Guernsey by Richard Stagg
A Preston commission? by Michael Baggott
Review - Bonhams - New Bond Street, 21st November 2007


November/December 2007 (Volume 18/02) ~ Vol. 18/02 in PDF
The assaying of Britannia standard silver by Anthony Dove
Highways and by-ways, a report for The Finial by Paul Holnes
A very early fiddle pattern spoon by Mark Nevard
An early teaspoon, circa 1670 by David Whitbread
An interesting inscription of a knife handle by Anthony Dove
Review - The HOW of Edinburgh sale - 30th October 2007


September/October 2007 (Volume 18/01) ~ Vol. 18/01 in PDF
The Avery, Jouet and Orchard families by Tim Kent
An interesting family of Scottish provincial marks by Colin T Fraser
The third Pierre Harache of London by David McKinley
Some York questions by Neil Callan
Book review - The Edinburgh Goldsmiths, Vol. 1. Review by C. Fraser
Newcastle silversmiths - Stalker and Mitchison by Luke Schrager


July/August 2007 (Volume 17/06) ~ Vol. 17/06 in PDF
An unidentified mark by David Whitbread
Slip-tops and Puritans by Eric Smith
A 'crowned leopard's head' picture-front spoon by John Sutcliffe
Special commission or Private dies of the 19th century by Chris Bell
York Hallmarks by Richard Jonas
A victorious pair of sugar tongs by Michael Baggott


May/June 2007 (Volume 17/05) ~ Vol. 17/05 in PDF
The flatware of Robert & William Gray - An update by Walter Brown
Some progress with the Sweet family by Tim Kent
Cape silver hallmarks - the use of a single stub by David Murray
The sucket fork & spoon by David Whitbread
A notice & invitation from Lyon & Turnbull
Results for the Club Postal Auction


March/April 2007 (Volume 17/04) ~ Vol. 17/04 in PDF
The Haraches of London by David McKinley
A horned head by Piers Percival
An interesting 'Britannia' standard provincial spoon by Anthony Dove
Maker's mark only by Graham Bliss
Records saved by Chris Bell
Review - Woolley and Wallis Sale - 31st January 2007 by Tim Kent


January/February 2007 (Volume 17/03) ~ Vol. 17/03 in PDF
Silver souvenir spoons by Robert Le Mare.
Town marks on silver at York 1776 - 1858 by Richard Stagg
A directory of Scottish provincial silversmiths - a CD gallery
A guide to early London spoon makers' marks by Piers Percival
Review - Bonhams Sale - Bond Street, 22nd November by Tim Kent
Review - Lyon & Turnbull Sale - 27th November by Mr M


November/December 2006 (Volume 17/02) ~ Vol. 17/02 in PDF
John Jones - Exeter's greatest goldsmith by Tim Kent.
Lost and Found by Eric Smith.
Picture-back spoons - later embellishments by Chris Bell.
An adventure in Irish silver by Peter Ticher.
Scottish provincial silversmiths - an occasional series No.6 by E. Daw.
Aberdeen silversmith's marks - errata & addenda by Richard Jonas


September/October 2006 (Volume 17/01) ~ Vol. 17/01 in PDF
James Erskine - Aberdeen silversmith's.
An early Puritan.
Holding a spoon!
Communion spoon.
Book Review - Rococo silver in England and its Colonies.
Review - Bonhams Scottish sale, 23rd August 2006.


July/August 2006 (Volume 16/06) ~ Vol. 16/06 in PDF
The 'thistle-b-thistle' series of marks.
The Demise of the sterling leopard.
Serendipity in Chester - A tale of two spoons.
Benjamin Pemberton I of Chester - his 3rd mark.
A West Country well spoon.
Picture - The Higgins workshop - 1930 - filer or finisher.


May/June 2006 (Volume 16/05) ~ Vol. 16/05 in PDF
The flatware of Robert & William Gray of Glasgow.
Scottish provincial silversmiths - an occasional series, no. 5.
Dessert or child's spoon?
Focus on John Parnell.
Review - Thomson Roddick & Medcalf sale - 28th March 2006.



March/April 2006 (Volume 16/04) ~ Vol. 16/04 in PDF
A new look at the 'date letter' on English plate.
Notes on an early seal top spoon.
George Unite - silversmith.
15th century knife plates.
The introduction of sugar tongs.
Review - Lyon & Turnbull sale - 23rd February 2006.


January/February 2006 (Volume 16/03) ~ Vol. 16/03 in PDF
Roman spoons.
The hallmarks of William Robb of Ballater.
Scottish & Irish Provincial - letters of correspondence, circa 1906.
The 'Plymouth' spoon.
William Tallbott - A goldsmith lost & found.
Review - Lyon & Turnbull sale - 7th December 2005.


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