Silver - 27th October 2010

Lot 1022

A pair of Livery Company silver spoons- The Trinty Hospital Spoons

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £280

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Description

A pair of Livery Company silver spoons- The Trinty Hospital Spoons, The Worshipful Company of Mercers, by Hicklenton and Phillips, London 1937, slip-top form, the reverse of the stem inscribed ' d.d Mercer's Company George VI 1937', length 17.2cm, approx. weight 4oz. (2) The Trinity Hospital Spoons are a set of eighteen which were paid for by John Griffith in 1619. A pair of reproductions of these spoons were given to each member of the Company in celebration of the coronation of George IV.