Early Samuel Hitchcock Tablespoon

According to Jackson, Samuel Hitchcock entered his first mark in 1713 (Jackson 164).  Below are photographs of a Hitchcock tablespoon which bears the (rubbed but readable, difficult to photograph) date letter for 1713.

The tablespoon is of a nice, heavy weight and very balanced in the hand.  The initials ME on the back of the spoon probably date to post-1750, so there likely could have been an erasure of earlier initials or a crest, although I don't see signs of it.  Hitchcock entered his first mark in 1713, and I like that this spoon dates to the first year of Hitchcock's career.  There are three teaspoons by Hitchcock also in my collection, which you can read about here.

Sources:
Pickford, Ian, ed. Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland & Ireland. 3rd ed., 1989. Woodbridge: 
       The Antique Collectors' Club, Ltd., 2011. Print.