Description
An interesting Elizabeth I / James I, unascribed provincial seal topspoon with engraved border decoration around the inside of the bowl and up the stem,the back of the bowl pricked 'EP' over 'MB', the gilt deal with fluting and a plain hexagonal terminal struck once in the bowl and once on the back of the stem with a cross and two pellets, within a heart-shaped punch* unascribed 1590 - 1610, 6.3in (16cm)long, 1.4oz.
*See Jackson revised pp.370 for marks of a similar style attributable to Coventry.
