Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018

Lot 859

An Elizabeth I silver Seal-top spoon

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2600

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Description

An Elizabeth I silver Seal-top spoon,

maker's mark indistinct, London 1568,

fig-shaped bowl, faceted tapering stem, the gilded seal-top finial prick dot initialled 'I.H', length 15.6cm, approx. weight 1.4oz.

Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Fine Silver and Vertu, 29 November 2005, lot 148 (part lot).