The Yorkshire Club

The Yorkshire Club, a Victorian provincial silver Old English pattern basting spoon,
by James Barber & William North, York 1838, also with the town mark,
the terminal engraved with the Yorkshire Rose, length 30.5cm, approx. weight 5oz.

The Yorkshire Club was established in 1839 at number 5 St Leonard's Place, and it merged with The Yorkshire Union Hunt Club in 1856. The silver flatware from the club was sold at Christie's on the 8th October 1969.

For further reading see Schrager, L., The Yorkshire Club and Its Flatware, The Finial, Volume 32/02 Nov/Dec 2021, pages 10 and 11.