A Charles I silver Seal-top spoon

A Charles I silver Seal-top spoon,

by Edward Hole, London 1634,

fig-shaped bowl, the reverse with a rudimentary rat-tail, faceted stem, gilded finial, length 18cm, approx. weight 1.9oz.

Provenance: The David Constable Collection.

J. Paint and Son, Guernsey.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain 1200-1710, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume 1, pages 478-479, entry number 91.

This spoon was the first spoon purchased by David Constable and it started the Collection.