Featured Silver spoon,a little help ?

Hi all. I picked this beauty up a few days ago,and Im sorry to admit but trying to figure these marks out forever eludes me! I think its from either 1600s or 1840 ! Its 9 inches long,and any help you can give would be awesome.



RT?

 

That's the 1811 "Q" - http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/London/Date Letters Q.html

 

Thank You !Could it really be THAT old ?!? I saw that chart you posted,I even saved it. It might be a mental block,but I get loopy when I try to date english silver !

 

Yup. Really that old. BTW, I was reading that maker's mark as BT, but it's not. It's RT.

English silver isn't nearly as complicated as you might think.

 

It has the crowned leopard head too, so yep it's older than dirt.

 

Many,many thanks. How could I go about finding out who RT was ?

 

I was just getting that. Probably Richard Turner. See this table of RT registered marks.

http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-RR-RZ.html#RT

 

You are forever awesome! Thank you so much,Bakers ! I promise to try and get better at identifying english silver.

 

9" Long! Is this spoon from the days when everyone had one spoon that went everywhere with them and if they didn't have one, they couldn't eat?