Fine Silver - 25th October 2017
Lot 902
A Charles II West Country silver Seal-top spoon
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A Charles II West Country silver Seal-top spoon,
by Nathaniel Winter II, Cirencester circa 1660,
faceted stem, the gilded finial prick-dot initialled 'TK' over 'CB' over '1664', length 18.7cm, approx. weight 1.5oz.
Provenance:
The Constable Collection.
Lawrences, Crewkerne, 5 July 2011, lot no. 170.
Anthony and Jane Sale collection.
J. H. Bourdon-Smith in 1993.
This spoon is illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constables Publishing 2016, Volume I, pages 480-481, spoon no.92.