A William and Mary East Anglian silver Trefid spoon

A William and Mary East Anglian silver Trefid spoon,

by Thomas Havers, Norwich circa 1697-1702,

the oval bowl with a ribbed rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal with prick dot initials 'I.B' over 'T.M', length 20.3cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.

Provenance: The Constable Collection, Nicholas Shaw Antiques, Private Collection, Griffin Collection, part V, Bonhams, London 19 July 2002, How of Edinburgh.

This spoon is illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constables Publishing 2016, Volume II, pages 648-649, spoon no.125.

illustrated in Hartop, C., East Anglian Silver 1550-1750, page 67, no. 39.

Exhibited Norwich Cathedral Treasury, 23 September to 17 October 2004.