Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018
Lot 875
A large James II West Country silver Trefid spoon
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1700
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Description
A large James II West Country silver Trefid spoon,
by John Pike I, Plymouth circa 1688,
the oval bowl with a rudimentary rat-tail, tapering stem, the reverse of the bowl prick-dot initialled 'AP' over 'ES' over '1688', length 24cm, approx. weight 2.2oz.
Provenance:
The David Constable Collection.
Bonhams, New Bond Street, 21 March 2003, The Griffin Collection (Part VI). lot 168.
How of Edinburgh.
Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume one, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 638/639, entry number 121.