Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25 Apr 2017
A Charles I West Country silver Seal-top spoon
A Charles I West Country silver Seal-top spoon,
by George Batter, Salisbury circa 1629,
the slight tapering faceted stem with a large cushion seal-top finial, prick dot initialled 'E.G' over 'A.B', '1629', length 18.2cm, approx. weight 1.8oz.
Provenance: Phillips, New Bond Street, 21 November 2000,
The finial is illustrated in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constable's Publishing 2016, Volume I, page 431, fig.5.13.