Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018

Lot 852

A Charles I West-Country silver Lion Sejant spoon

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £1200

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Description

A Charles I West-Country silver Lion Sejant spoon,

by Jasper Redcliffe I, Exeter, circa 1647,

the reverse of the re-hammered bowl with prick-dot initials 'IF' over 'E.S', '1647', gilded finial, length 18.4cm, approx. weight 1.2oz.

Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Fine Silver and Vertu, 29 November 2005, lot 110.

The Silver Lion, Washington DC, USA, April, 1984.