A Commonwealth

A Commonwealth, unascribed provincial apostle spoon, the gilt figure with a large nimbus, pricked 'WL' over '1656' over 'EG', maker's mark only, WR [conjoined]* struck once in the bowl and twice on the back of the stem, c.1656, 7.6in (19.4cm) long, 1.7oz. *See Jackson's Revised pp. 325 for an illustration of this mark, categorised as unascribed Devon/Cornwall. The mark is also similar to that of William Rowe of Liskeard and has some similarities to that of Ralph Williams of Winchester also.