Silver, Coins and Medals - 21st January 2015
Lot 291
A late 17th century provincial silver Trefid spoon
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £550
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Description
A late 17th century provincial silver Trefid spoon,
unattributed, marked twice with a stylised Leopard's head, an undecipherable maker's mark and another mark of a conjoined pair of compasses and cross, identified in Ellis as possibly Shrewsbury, circa 1680,
the reverse of the bowl with a large worn crest, length 20cm, approx. weight 1.5oz.
For a similar mark see Sotheby and Co, The Ellis Collection, 13-14 November 1935, page 65, lot 81.
Acquired 1987.