A Charles I silver Virgin and Heart spoon

A Charles I silver Virgin and Heart spoon,

maker's mark of a crescent enclosing a mullet, for William Lovejoy, London 1625,

fig-shaped bowl, the reverse with a rudimentary rat-tail, tapering faceted stem, gilded finial, length 13.6cm, approx. weight 0.6oz.

Provenance: The David Constable Collection.

Bonhams, New Bond Street London, The Britton Smith Collection of Early Spoons, Part 2, 19 November 2008, lot 96.

Christie's London 13 July 1994, lot no. 57 (part). The Property of A Lady.

Christie's London 31 March 1971, lot no. 42.

Sotheby and Co., Bond Street 1-2 July 1954, J.H. Walter Collection, lot no. 92, purchased by Biggs.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain 1200-1710, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume 1, pages 328-330 , entry number 53 .