James Niner - an extremely rare maker......
Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 3:30 pm
.....In fact James Crosswood Niner of 44 King st, Devonport, Plymouth, only ever sent 2 teaspoons to assay!
Here is one of them dated 1825:
In his book Miles Harrison has noted that James is recorded in the assay registers of only sending 23 items to assay over the period 1820-1831.
I will check the assay registers in Exeter soon to see if this truly is one of the 2 teaspoons or whether it was just another retailed spoon of many but I have never seen his mark before and nobody else I know has ever seen any item of silver bearing his mark.
Often the question of ‘how rare is it?’ Is asked, on this occasion we know exactly how rare.
Matt.
Here is one of them dated 1825:
In his book Miles Harrison has noted that James is recorded in the assay registers of only sending 23 items to assay over the period 1820-1831.
I will check the assay registers in Exeter soon to see if this truly is one of the 2 teaspoons or whether it was just another retailed spoon of many but I have never seen his mark before and nobody else I know has ever seen any item of silver bearing his mark.
Often the question of ‘how rare is it?’ Is asked, on this occasion we know exactly how rare.
Matt.