Irish silver rat tail serving spoons 1827

• Rat Tail - A spoon with a flattened handle, tapering from the narrow section at the bowl, and wider as the top of the handle, that when viewed from above is of a similiar shape to a rat's tail. Also known as the Hanoverian pattern, as its manufacture spanned the reigns of George I, II and III (part) of the House of Hanover dynasty. The rat tail pattern was the forerunner to the Old English pattern.

This item has been included into following indexes:

• silver cutlery / flatware, patterns - rat tail rats tail rattail pattern 57
• spoons, silver
  • rat tail 40
  • serving 465