A Charles II West Country silver-gilt Apostle spoon

A Charles II West Country silver-gilt Apostle spoon, St. James the Less,

by Robert Wade II, Taunton circa 1635,

the reverse of the bowl prick-dot initialled '165(3)2', faceted slight tapering stem, the nimbus prick-dot initialled 'A.H', length 19.1cm, approx. weight 1.8oz.

Provenance: The Collection of Sir Clive Edwards Bt, Woolley and Wallis, 2 May 1996, lot 23.

The finial is illustrated in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constable's Publishing 2016, Volume I, page 191 fig. 2.33.