Good Mid 18th C English Sterling TEASPOON-Engraved England 1812-Maker ?? /GS

Description

For sale is an unusual English Georgian Hanoverian sterling teaspoon with a later inscription.  The spoon is 4 5/8 inches long and weighs 10 grams. The spoon has long narrow swaged drop and an upturned handle with a “tip”.  The spoon is monogrammed “EO” on the handle back.  It is also engraved “England / 1812” in the bowl.  It is marked with a lion passant and a partial maker’s mark of ?? over “GS”.  The piece is a genuine spoon of the mid 18
th
C.  The style of the bowl engraving is more like late 19
th
or early 20
th
century, so the “1812” date is confusing.  I don’t know what to make of it.
Condition on the spoon is good.  Aside from the added engraving there is just normal wear.  A nice old English spoon!