A William and Mary West Country silver Lace-back Trefid spoon

A William and Mary West Country silver Lace-back Trefid spoon,

by Thomas Foote with Edward Spicer acting a retailer, Exeter circa 1689,

the reverse of the oval bowl with an engraved rat-tail, the terminal with prick dot initials 'MT' over 'F.C', over '1689', length 18.7cm, approx. weight 0.9oz.

Provenance:

The Constable Collection.

Lawrences, Crewkerne, 5 July 2011, lot no. 167.

Anthony and Jane Sale collection.

J. H. Bourdon-Smith in 1995.

This spoon is illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constables Publishing 2016, Volume II, pages 640-641, spoon no.122.