"A Puzzlement"©

       © Yul Brynner "The King & I".  I'm still fossicking through the StS frag meants (Apologies to the 'Anty Podes' for cultural appropriation)  
       I found this "Mustard Spoon"(?) most recently and tried to date it, hence the inset Hallmarks.  I'm close to 100% sure that it is NOT Victoria, despite the wear, check & you'll probably agree.  I think "he" is facing right, with a Plait (& Bow?) behind his head.
       The date letter 'b' could be 1737 - Geo ll :  1776 - Geo lll : 1816 - Geo lll but In 1896 it'd be Victoria ruling that year out.
      The major differences in the 'b' would take Gunga Din of Rudyard Kipling fame (~ ~ a better man than I am Gunga Din) to establish which particular Serif we're looking at.  

Ideas welcome.