Early Spoons, Silver and Collectors' Items - 26th January 2005
Lot 282
Two similar William & Mary
Estimate £2,000 - £2,500 | Hammer £3600
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Description
Two similar William & Mary, ascribed West Country, lace-back trefid spoons with `swollen' terminals:+ one pricked "IE" over "1691" over "IE", the other pricked "ME" over "1692" over "IE", each struck twice in the back of the stem with maker's mark only, by Ellen Dare, Taunton c.1691 and c.1692 (respectively), 7.5in (19cm) and 7.75in (19.8cm) long, 3oz. (2)
