Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 24th April 2018
Lot 417
A pair of Charles II silver Trefid spoons
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £1100
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Description
A pair of Charles II silver Trefid spoons,
maker's mark of a script D, possibly that of Isaac Dighton, London 1683,
the oval bowl with a ribbed rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal scratch initialled 'W.D', length 20.6cm, plus a similar Trefid spoon with maker's mark of IS four times, possibly for John Smith II of Taunton / Barnstable, circa 1690, and an early 18th century provincial Dog-nose spoon, probably marked D in a wavy edge punch five times, the reverse of the terminal scratch initialled 'I.D' over 'H.D', '1721', approx. total weight 6.9oz. (4)
For an illustration and write up of this maker's mark see: Mitchell, D., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, The Boydell Press, 2017, pages 265-6.