A Charles I West Country silver Apostle spoon

A Charles I West Country silver Apostle spoon, St. Peter,

by Thomas Dare I, Taunton circa 1647,

fig-shaped bowl, faceted tapering stem with an Apostle finial with a large plain nimbus, prick dot initialled 'ER' over '1647' over 'TB', length 18.5cm, approx. weight 2.4oz.

Provenance:

The David Constable Collection.

J. H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.

Christie's King Street, 5 March 1997, lot number 44.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume one, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 280/1, entry number 43.