Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018

Lot 746

A Queen Anne West Country silver Dog-nose spoon

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £800

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Description

A Queen Anne West Country silver Dog-nose spoon,

by Edward Sweet (II) of Dunster, with Exeter marks for 1707,

the reverse of the bowl with scroll decoration and with a ribbed rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal with prick dot initials 'I.K' over 'E.S', '1708', length 20.2cm, approx. weight 1.4oz.

Provenance: purchased from Christie's, Early Silver Spoons, 14 December 1999, lot 19.