A Charles II silver Puritan spoon

A Charles II silver Puritan spoon,

by Gawen Udall, London 1662,

oval bowl, tapering stem, the reverse of the terminal with scratch initials '*' over 'DB', length 19.7cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.

Provenance:

The David Constable Collection.

Phillips, New Bond Street, 24 April 1998, lot number 164.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume two, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 542/3, entry number 111.

This spoon is of interest as it is at the end of the Puritan period and shows the transition to the Trefid.