A Charles II Sussex silver Notched Puritan spoon

A Charles II Sussex silver Notched Puritan spoon,

by Robert Colegate, Lewes circa 1682,

the reverse of the shaped oval bowl with a rudimentary rat-tail, the tapering stem with a notched terminal, the reverse of the terminal scratch initialled 'M.H' over 'I.A' over '1682', the 'A' has been scratched over the original letter 'H', length 18cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.

Provenance: The David Constable Collection.

Christie's, South Kensington, London, Early Silver Spoons, The Patterson Collection, 10 November 1998, lot no.33.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain 1200-1710, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume 2, pages 516-517, entry number 102 .

Written up and illustrated in: Kent, T., Sussex Silver and It's Makers, by J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd., 2002, pages 31, figure 78, and page 59, figure 94.