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Thomas Northcote mark: TN
Mark details
- Maker
- Thomas Northcote →
- Period
- Undated
- Wording
- TN
- Place
- London
Dating cue
Captioned hallmark: London 1796.
Notes
Thomas Northcote , 1796 hallmark Thomas Northcote was a specialist spoon and fork maker and was apprenticed to Charles Hutton between 1766 and 1771. He entered his first mark ( ) on 20th August 1776 following five years in the workshops of Thomas Chawner. For a brief period in the mid-1790's he worked in partnership with George Bourne ( /GB), before once again working on his own account. He is particularly noted for the fine quality forks that bear his mark and was probably a specialist in this craft (forks were more difficult to make than spoons). He died in 1798 aged forty nine leaving his widow, Hannah, to continue the business.