Hi, I’m looking for confirmation of the silvermaker on these two table spoons dated 1755 and 1768.
Although the maker’s mark is different on each spoon, depending which website I have checked they have them both listed as William Turner.
Can they both be William Turner despite different marks?
Grateful for any help.
The 1755 version is definitely William Turner - it matches perfectly the mark shown by Grimwade with a date of June 1754. Grimwade notes “two smaller similar marks same date” which I guess is where the attribution of the 1768 mark comes from. Turner was still working in 1768 but died in 1772. I have attributed your 1768 mark to William Turner, but with hindsight I think I may have been wrong - it is probably another (unidentified) WT. There are some missing registers for this period so it will probably remain unidentified.
Thanks for the info!