Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 26th October 2016

Lot 1196

A James I West Country silver-gilt Seal-top spoon

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1800

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Description

A James I West Country silver-gilt Seal-top spoon,

by Jasper Radcliffe, Exeter circa 1616,

fig-shaped bowl, faceted slight tapering stem, the seal-top finial prick-dot initialled 'W.S', the reverse of the bowl prick dot initialled 'L.H' and dated '1616', within scroll mantling, length 17.6cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.