Fine Silver - 25th October 2017
Lot 897
A Queen Anne Wessex silver child's Dog-nose spoon
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £500
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Description
A Queen Anne Wessex silver child's Dog-nose spoon,
by William Webb II, Winchester circa 1705,
the oval bowl with a ribbed rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal with scratch initials 'B' over 'R.E', length 15.5cm, approx. weight 0.7oz.
Provenance: Constable Collection, J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd., Sold in these rooms, Early Silver Spoons, 2 May 2001, lot 71.
This spoon is illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constables Publishing 2016, Volume II, pages 782-783, spoon no.170.