Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 1172
A Charles II West Country silver-gilt Apostle spoon
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Charles II West Country silver-gilt Apostle spoon, St. Philip,
by Robert Wade II, Taunton circa 1630,
faceted slight tapering stem, the nimbus prick-dot initialled '1610', length 19.1cm, approx. weight 2.2oz.
Provenance: J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.
The finial is illustrated in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constable's Publishing 2016, Volume I, page 203, fig. 2.66.