A Queen Anne Sussex silver Dog-nose tablespoon

A Queen Anne Sussex silver Dog-nose tablespoon,

by Anthony Dodson, Lewes circa 1710,

the oval bowl with a plain raised rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal with scratch initials 'H' over 'R.M', length 20.1cm, approx. weight 1.6oz.

Provenance: The David Constable Collection.

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Early Silver Spoons, 17 October 2001, lot 59.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain 1200-1710, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume 2, pages 746-747, entry number 157.

Illustrated in: Kent, T., Sussex Silver and It's Makers, by J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd., 2002, pages 27, figure 59 and 60.