A Charles II East Anglian silver Trefid spoon

A Charles II East Anglian silver Trefid spoon,

unascribed maker, Norwich circa 1683,

the oval bowl with a raised rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal 'F' over 'TM' '1683', length 19.4cm, approx. weight 1.9oz.

Provenance: The Griffin Collection, Part III, Phillips, New Bond Street, 7 July 2000, lot 408.

H.D Ellis Collection, Lieutenant-Colonel J Bennett-Stanford, Pythouse, Tisbury, Wiltshire, Sotheby's, London, November 13-14, 1935, lot 7. Hammer price £26.00 bought by Mrs How.

This spoon is illustrated in Hartop, C., East Anglian Silver 1550-1750, John Adamson 2004, page 78, ref 53.

The finial is illustrated in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constable's Publishing 2016, Volume II, page 576, fig.7.21.

Exhibited Norwich Cathedral Treasury, 2 September-17 October 2004.