Sterling silver berry spoon

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Any help with confirming the P date mark? It looks like 1790 to me but there are similar ones

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Richard Crossley, 1790/1791.
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Thanks for the info and for the quick response!

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U welcome! ––--__

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You probably know this but it would have been turned into a berry spoon at a later date.
berry spoon, Edinburgh c. 1805489x433

Most berry spoons bearing marks dating prior to the mid 19th century were submitted to a process of later decoration. Georgian berry spoons don’t exist and the proper definition is, e.g., “Georgian spoon in Old English pattern, with later decoration”.

This practice continues in present days and the preferred patterns are the Hanoverian and the Old English.

Obviously exists also a production of original berry spoons (not obtained by re-worked ancient spoons).

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