Silver, Early Spoons & Collectors' Items - 25th April 2006

Lot 261

Five mote spoons with different heels: a rattail example

Estimate £500 - £600 | Hammer £460

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Description

Five mote spoons with different heels: a rattail example, marks distorted c.1720, a single drop example marks distorted c.1760, a double drop example possibly by William Soame, London c.1745, an example with no drop by James Tookey, London c.1760 and a fancy back spoon with a scallop shell heel, initialled "B" marks 'pricked' London c.1765. (5)