Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 1173
A Charles II West Country silver-gilt Apostle spoon
Estimate £1,800 - £2,200 | Hammer £1800
+ Buyers Premium
Description
A Charles II West Country silver-gilt Apostle spoon, St. James the Less,
by Robert Wade II, Taunton circa 1635,
the reverse of the bowl prick-dot initialled '165(3)2', faceted slight tapering stem, the nimbus prick-dot initialled 'A.H', length 19.1cm, approx. weight 1.8oz.
Provenance: The Collection of Sir Clive Edwards Bt, Woolley and Wallis, 2 May 1996, lot 23.
The finial is illustrated in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constable's Publishing 2016, Volume I, page 191 fig. 2.33.