Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018

Lot 745

A Queen Anne West Country silver Dog-nose spoon

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £550

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Description

A Queen Anne West Country silver Dog-nose spoon,

by Joseph Wilcox of Plymouth, Exeter 1701,

the reverse of the bowl with a beaded rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal with prick dot initials 'A*P' over 'I*E', '1702', the front of the terminal with later initials, length 18.9cm, approx. weight 1.3oz.

Provenance: purchased from Christie's, Early Silver Spoons, 10 November 1998, lot 104.