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HANOVERIAN SPOON
The "Hanoverian" is the most important British flatware pattern in the 18th century.
In this pattern the stem widens gradually toward the curved terminal and then turns upward.
This form was adopted because the spoon was lad on the table in the French manner (the bottom of the bowl
downward).
This pattern was manufactured in the British Isles from c. 1710 until the 1770s.
The production
of Hanoverian pattern was revived in the late 19th century until present days.
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Although the original production covers about sixty years, the pattern can be divided in two main groups:
Hanoverian with rat tail (1710-1730) and Hanoverian without rat tail (1730-1770).
The pattern had many variations, contemporary and later (Scottish Fiddle, Feather Edge and Shell, Military
Thread, Thread and Drop, Elizabethan, Venetian/Italian, etc.).
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