A matched set of twelve late 17th /early 18th century silver-gilt Trefid teaspoons

A matched set of twelve late 17th /early 18th century silver-gilt Trefid teaspoons,

maker's mark only, that of Jean Harache, London probably circa 1690-1700,

oval bowls, the handles finely engraved with foliate scroll and mask decoration, the reverse of the terminals with a vacant cartouche, in a later fitted case, retailed by S. J. Phillips Ltd., New Bond Street, London, lengths vary from 9.6cm to 10.4cm, approx. weight 2,8oz. (12)

Provenance: A Private Collection.

Ref Grimwade, A. London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, Faber and Faber, 1976, page 533, entry 1360.

Grimwade writes:

'Only mark entered as small worker, 22 June 1726...surviving examples of his work appear almost confined to small finely engraved teaspoons, which have previously been dated c.1690. It is of course possible that Harache has been working before 1697, using the same mark that he re-entered in 1722, but there is no intervening New Standard mark entered by him'.