Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017

Lot 1179

A Queen Anne silver marrow fork

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £1500

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Description

A Queen Anne silver marrow fork,

by Lawrence Jones, London 1705,

the fork with three tines, the reverse of the stem with a scratch weight and engraved with a crest, length 20.3cm, approx. weight 1.9oz.

Provenance:

The crest is that of Fitz-Alan ensigned by a coronet for the Earls of Arundel.

Sold in these rooms 28 July 2004, lot 570.

The Cook Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Woolley and Wallis, 24 October 2003, lot 1049.

Sold to Mr Cook by Payne's of Oxford.