Description
A pair of heavy weighted Queen Anne possibly William 111 dog nose rat tail silver table spoons. English silver from London, circa 1701/4, by Henry Greene. They are of Britannia standard 95.84% pure silver with a  Length  of 8 inches. The Maker’s mark is worn but is identified as that of specialist spoonmaker Henry Greene, the date letter, lions head and Britannia figure are rubbed.
There is a crest engraved of a knights arm holding a lance, the bottom back of the bowl displays a plain rat tail. Henry Greene was an apprentice spoonmaker in 1693 to Thomas Allen one of the first fifteen London spoonmakers. Henry had his own mark in 1700 working until 1734 .This mark contained the first two letters of his surname GR. In December 1711,
This is a superb opportunity for a collector to own an early dog nose spoon of the early 18th century
