A William III ascribed West Country trefid spoon

£600 - £700

A William III ascribed West Country trefid spoon, with a bead and reeded rattail, pricked "1695. IB. EH" on the terminal, by Nicholas Brown, Exeter (maker's mark only *, struck thrice), c.1695, 8in (20cm) long, 1.5oz. * See Kent, T: West Country Spoons & their makers pp72 for details of this maker and M20 for an illustration of this mark.