Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017

Lot 1168

A Charles II East Anglian silver Trefid spoon

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2200

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Description

A Charles II East Anglian silver Trefid spoon,

by Arthur Haselwood, Norwich circa 1675,

the oval bowl with a rudimentary rat-tail, the terminal prick-dot initialled 'M.R', length 18.4cm, approx. weight 1.5oz.

Provenance: Walter Wilson.

The terminal is illustrated in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constable's Publishing 2016, Volume II, page 565, fig. 7.16.