This cartouche seems odd because concaved cartouches are quite rare; I can't think of another London maker from this period who used one. If anyone can, do tell. It also looks uneven to me: the bottom line protrudes over the G, and the left side actually brushes the side of the G; plus the top of the catouche is rather bumpy. All in all, very peculiar. I'm begining to wonder, Waylander, whether it's meant to be concave or just poorly struck (hard as it is to believe such a shape could be achieved with a rectangular punch). I've included below two spoons by Thomas Wallis the bottom of which seems to have a concave top and bottom; however, if you look at the top spoon from the same set, you'll see that it isn't concave, or at least certainly not to the same extent.
A factor against its being the work of George Burrows is the order of the hallmarks: every piece of his I've seen is duty mark - lion - date letter.
Miles
