A William III West Country silver Lace-back Trefid spoon

A William III West Country silver Lace-back Trefid spoon,

by Richard Sweet II, Chard circa 1700,

oval bowl, the reverse of the bowl with a raised rat-tail and foliate scroll decoration, the terminal with stylised flowers, the reverse of the terminal with prick-dot initials 'D.D' over '1701', length 20.1cm, approx. weight 1.89oz.

Provenance: The David Constable Collection.

J. H. Bourdon-Smith Limited, Mason's Yard, London.

Phillips, New Bond Street, London, 7 November 1997, lot 183.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain 1200-1710, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume 2, pages 680-683, entry number 136 .