A James II silver Trefid spoon

A James II silver Trefid spoon,

by Edward Hulse, London 1685,

the reverse of the oval bowl with a beaded raised rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal scratch initialled 'E.S' over M.B' over a crest, length 19.6cm, approx. weight 1.57oz.

The crest is that of Lethbridge Baronets of Westaway House (Devon) and Winkley Court (Somerset). This title was created in 1804 and the family also held Sandhill Park in Somerset from 1767.

Provenance: The David Constable Collection.

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

Sotheby's New York 1996.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain 1200-1710, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume 2, pages 628-629, entry number 116.