Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018
Lot 851
A James I silver Slip-top Spoon
Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A James I silver Slip-top Spoon,
by Martin Hewitt, London 1614,
fig-shaped bowl, faceted stem, the terminal scratch initialled 'C' over 'RA', length 15.3cm, approx. weight 1.3oz.
Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Fine Silver and Vertu, 29 November 2005, lot 131.
Biggs Collection, Christie's London, 20 September 1978, lot 79.
Gwendolyn L Kelso, Washington DC, USA.