An Assembled Group of Twenty-Seven English Sterling Silver Fiddle-Back Spoons
Various Makers, Various Dates Ranging 1811-1865
comprising a single George III spoon, engraved with monogram, "F", by William Eaton, London, 1812, marked; a single George III spoon, maker's mark rubbed, London, 1819, marked; set of three spoons, engraved with monogram, "JHR", possibly by Robert Woolcomb, London, early 19th century, marked; comprising a pair of George III spoons, engraved, "Bessie", by Josiah and George Piercy, London, 1812, marked; a pair of George III spoons, engraved, "Speed/ 1804", by Josiah and George Piercy, London, 1812, marked; three George III spoons, engraved with monogram, "TAJ", by Josiah and George Piercy, London, 1811 and 1812, marked; a pair of spoons, by Thomas Dicks, London, 1815, marked; a set of five Victorian spoons, engraved with stylized monogram, "J", one by Robert Wallis, London, 1850, and four by Elizabeth Eaton, London, 1852, all marked; a set of three Victorian spoons, engraved with monogram, "F", by William Smily, London, 1856, marked; a pair of Victorian spoons, engraved with monogram, "A", by maker "JS/ AS", London, 1865, marked; a single George IV spoon, engraved with monogram, "D", by Jonathan Hayne, London, 1830, marked; a single Victorian spoon, engraved with monogram, "F", by William Eaton, London, 1838, marked; and a single William IV spoon, engraved with monogram, "P", by William Rawlings Sobey, Exeter, 1835, marked.
Length 7 1/4 inches, Total weight: 40.32 oz. t.
Property from the Estate of Helen Elliot Scott (1928-2024)
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Note:
Born in Boston in 1928, Helen (Gay) Scott, nee Elliot, was a pianist, piano teacher, mother of three and grandmother of seven. She studied piano at the Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music, 1969-1973, while living in London where her husband was special assistant to Walter Annenberg, the American ambassador to the Court of St. James. Married for 42 years to Robert Montgomery Scott (1929-2005), President and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1982-1996, Helen served on the board of the Curtis Institute of Music, taught piano at the Settlement Music School, and privately into her nineties. She was an alumna of the Shady Hill School, the Foxcroft School and Radcliffe College.
