A Queen Anne Wessex silver child's Dog-nose spoon

A Queen Anne Wessex silver child's Dog-nose spoon,

by William Webb II, Winchester circa 1705,

the oval bowl with a ribbed rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal with scratch initials 'B' over 'R.E', length 15.5cm, approx. weight 0.7oz.

Provenance: Constable Collection, J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd., Sold in these rooms, Early Silver Spoons, 2 May 2001, lot 71.

This spoon is illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constables Publishing 2016, Volume II, pages 782-783, spoon no.170.