Fine Silver - 25th October 2017
Lot 906
A Charles I silver Slip-top spoon
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1800
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Description
A Charles I silver Slip-top spoon,
by Edward Hole, London 1634,
fig-shaped bowl, faceted tapering stem, the terminal scratch initialled 'O' over 'IM', length 16.7cm, approx. weight 1.4oz.
Provenance: Constable Collection, J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.
This spoon is illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain, Constables Publishing 2016, Volume I, pages 146-147, spoon no.17.