Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017
Lot 1175
A mid 16th century unascribed provincial silver seal-top spoon
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1700
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Description
A mid 16th century unascribed provincial silver seal-top spoon,
possibly East Anglian, circa 1550,
fig-shaped bowl, slight tapering faceted stem, cushion seal-top finial with traces of gilding, length 15.8cm, approx. weight 1.1oz.
Provenance: Phillips, New Bond Street, 21 November 2000, lot 233.
The finial is illustrated in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constable's Publishing 2016, Volume I, page 430, fig.5.5.