Smith’s name sparks bidding battle over spoon discovery
Sometimes the most famous names can be found in the unlikeliest places. Biddle & Webb auctioneer Nicholas Davies had been called out to view a Georgian drop leaf table in a local property but noticed this early trefid spoon, pictured, in a small box of cutlery.
There was nothing especially rare about it; it had a standard rat-tail and normal ears, dated from t…