Twelve Edwardian Sterling Silver Golf Teaspoons – Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1907 and Chester c. 1904, Cased with Sugar Tongs

Twelve Edwardian Sterling Silver Golf Teaspoons – Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1907 and Chester c. 1904, Cased with Sugar Tongs

Golf has always been a game of small rituals, and so is afternoon tea; here the two meet on the end of a spoon.

Walker & Hall of Sheffield, founded in the 1840s, became one of England’s best-known makers of silver and silver plate. Golf grew enormously popular in Edwardian Britain, and golfing motifs appeared on spoons, prizes and gifts for club members. Every spoon in this set is marked W&H. Ten were hallmarked in Sheffield in 1907–08, and the marks on the other two are consistent with Chester, 1904–05.

Each terminal is decorated with a pair of crossed golf clubs and a golf ball, and a fine raised border runs along the stem. Because the spoons come from two assays a few years apart, there are small differences in size between them. The twelve spoons sit six on six in their fitted presentation case, with a pair of silver-plated sugar tongs. The case is leather-covered, with a cream silk lining to the lid, a blue velvet interior and a push-button clasp.

The spoons are in excellent condition. The case shows light age-related wear to the leather and creasing to the cream silk lid lining.

• Maker: Walker & Hall, Sheffield
• Hallmarks: Sheffield 1907–08 (crown, lion passant, date letter P) on ten spoons; marks on two spoons attributed to Chester, c. 1904–05 (three wheatsheaves and sword, lion passant, date letter D); maker’s mark W&H on all
• Period: Edwardian
• Material: Sterling silver spoons; silver-plated sugar tongs
• Contents: Twelve teaspoons and a pair of sugar tongs in a fitted presentation case
• Weight: 163 g (the twelve spoons)
• Condition: Excellent spoons; light wear to the case and creasing to the lid lining
• Buyer profile: Golfers and collectors of golfing memorabilia, collectors of English hallmarked silver, and anyone looking for a distinctive gift

Collector Appeal

Golfing silver has a devoted following among golfers and silver collectors alike, and Walker & Hall’s golf-club teaspoons are a recognised pattern. Twelve spoons with sugar tongs in a fitted presentation case make a complete service for the tea table.

Long after the scores were forgotten, the spoons kept their place at the table, where most good stories about golf are told.