An Elizabethan silver-gilt provincial Apostle spoon, The Master,

An Elizabethan silver-gilt provincial Apostle spoon, The Master,
marked once in bowl, HP conjoined in a circle, circa 1690,
fig-shaped bowl, later pricked to the underside 'NV' over 'MB' over '1652', tapering faceted stem, the finial lacking a nimbus, length 18.9cm, approx. weight 1.8oz.

Provenance:
Sold in these rooms, How of Edinburgh, 30th October 2007, Lot 283.

See Jackson's Revised p.516 for this mark seen on a maidenhead spoon, circa 1590.