A Queen Anne Britannia standard silver table spoon, London circa 1705 by John Broake (reg. 8^th July 1699)

Dog Nose pattern, oval bowl with rat tail, the terminal later engraved with a 19th century crest of an eagle rising, in its beak an escutcheon pendent by a ribbon, thereon a hank of cotton, with the motto above Multa Tuli Fecique. Fully marked.

Length – 20.3 cm / 8 inches

Weight – 65 grams / 2.09 ozt

The crest and motto are for Arkwright

For Rev. Edwin Arkwright of 36 Seymour Street, London

A clerk in holy orders, M.A. (Oxon). born May 2, 1839, being the fifth son of John Arkwright, Esq., of Hampton Court, co Hereford, J. P., by his wife Sarah, eldest surviving daughter of Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bart., of Harewood.