RARE DATD.1889 JOHN ALDWINKLE/SLATER STERLING GILT BOWL SOUVENIR DEMITASSE SPOON

RARE DATD.1889 JOHN ALDWINKLE/SLATER STERLING GILT BOWL SOUVENIR DEMITASSE SPOON

BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE DATED”LONDON, 1889″JOHN ALDWINKLE & THOMAS SLATERSTERLING SILVER WITH GOLD GILT BOWLHALLMARKED DEMITASSE SPOON!LISTED FOR AUCTION TODAY IS A LOVELY ANTIQUE SPOON. IT IS CLEARLY HALLMARKED ON THE BACK WITH “JA/TS, PASSAT LION, QUEEN VICTORIAN, L”, WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 13 GRAMS AND MEASURES ABOUT 4 1/4″ LONG. THE BOWL OF THIS DEMITASSE SPOON IS GILT AND AN ELEGANT SHELL PATTERN. HAND ENGRAVED ON THE INSIDE OF THE BOWL IS “LONDON, 1889” AND ALSO ENGRAVED ON THE BACK IS “RICKS” AND THE HALLMARKS. THE JA/TS ARE SILVERSMITHS JOHN ALDWINKLE & THOMAS SLATER. THE HANDLE IS TWISTED WITH A CROWN TOP AND FINIAL AND THE BACK OF THE BOWL ALSO HAS THE SHELL PATTERN. IT IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION, HAS A LOVELY SOFT PATINA WHICH I DID NOT ATTEMPT TO CLEAN OR REMOVE!