Fine Silver - 25th October 2017
Lot 885
A Charles II West Country silver Lace-back Trefid spoon
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1900
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Description
A Charles II West Country silver Lace-back Trefid spoon,
by William Rowe, Liskeard, circa 1680,
the reverse of the oval bowl with a ribbed rat-tail and foliate scroll decoration, the terminal also with scroll decoration, length 19cm, approx. weight 1.3oz.
Provenance: The Constable Collection.
Lawrences, Crewkerne, 5 July 2011, lot no. 149.
Anthony and Jane Sale collection.
During the period between these sales the set was split up and the spoons went to different homes; they were split by the late Tim Coward, a North Devon dealer.
Griffin Collection part V, Phillips, New Bond Street, 19 July 2002, lot no 230.
Griffin collection part I, Phillips, London, 24 April 1997, lot no 40, a set of six, failed to sell.
Treffry family, Place, Fowey, Cornwall.