Dear churchlady,
I have found this information:
"The maker's mark [on a Georgian silver fruit basket] is the initials
"RH/SH" in a rectangle for Robert Hennell, son of David Hennell, in
partnership with his own son Samuel.
Reference - Arthur G. Grimwade 'London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, Their
Marks and Lives' mark #2338 and pages 543 and 544 for details of the
lives and work of the various members of the famous Hennell family of
Georgian silversmiths."
This quotation derives from a now-expired Ebay auction, which is still
in Google's cache at this time:
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:3SfTxXz95u8J:cgi.befr.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D3717434532%26category%3D1215+%22rh+sh%22+%22sterling+silver%22&hl=de%20target=nw
In case the cached version is not available anymore when you try to
have a look at it, I have saved the large photograph of the RH/SH
mark.
So your silver tea service was made by Robert and Samuel Hannell, who
worked in the late 18th and early 19th century in London, as
addiditonal research revealed.
This silver fish slice from 1811, for sale at Albion Antiques, is
another example for an item made by Robert and Samuel Hannell, bearing
the RH/SH mark. You can click on the hallmark picture to see an
enlarged version of the marks:
http://www.albionantiques.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=U2J16&Category_Code=ES
I hope that this answers your question!
Regards,
Scriptor
Search terms used:
"rh sh" "sterling silver"
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"Robert Hennell" london silver
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robert "samuel hennell"
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