An Elizabeth I silver Maidenhead spoon

An Elizabeth I silver Maidenhead spoon,

marked with a pellet mark to the bowl, possibly with a capital I or anchor mark between the pellets, possibly for John Ivie, Salisbury, circa 1600,

fig-shaped bowl, the reverse with a rudimentary rat-tail, faceted tapering stem with a gilded maidenhead finial, length 15.8cm, approx. weight 1.1oz.

Provenance: The David Constable Collection.

Anderson and Garland, Newcastle 15 June 2001, lot 1657.

A private deceased estate.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain 1200-1710, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume 1, pages 320-322 , entry number 51.

For a similar John Ivie mark see Kent, T., West Country Silver Spoons and their makers, 1550-1750, J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd., 1992, page 103, entry M.75.