Fine Silver - 25th October 2017
Lot 896
A George I West Country silver Spatula-end spoon
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £1000
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Description
A George I West Country silver Spatula-end spoon,
by Edward Sweet II, Dunster, with Exeter marks for 1715,
the oval bowl with a beaded rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal with prick-dot initials 'IS' over 'EM' over '1719', length 20cm, approx. weight 1.3oz.
Provenance: The Constable Collection, Lawrences, Crewkerne, 5 July 2011 lot 149. Anthony and Jane Sale Collection. J.H Bourdon-Smith, 1987.
This spoon is illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constables Publishing 2016, Volume II, pages 740-741, spoon no.155.