George I Crested Silver Marrow Scoop, 1727

Antique silver marrow scoops were used to eat marrowfat that was a great delicacy during Georgian times. This is an excellent George I period silver marrow scoop with a crisp set of hallmarks.

Taking the usual double-ended form, one narrow and the other wider to maximise the opportunities to tease out the tasty morsels from the bones, this scoop shows its rich heritage in being engraved to one end with an original family crest. The crest is unusual and depicts a bear impaled by a spear. The scoop has a clear "IK" with crown surmount makers mark for Jeremiah King. 

Jeremiah King was apprenticed to William Scarlett from 1715 to 1722, himself a great spoonmaker with a well-practiced history of making marrow scoops.