Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018
Lot 876
A Charles II West Country silver Trefid condiment spoon
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1100
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Description
A Charles II West Country silver Trefid condiment spoon,
by John Verdon, Exeter circa 1675,
oval bowl, with a rudimentary rat-tail, tapering stem with guide lines, length 11.5cm, approx. weight 0.39oz.
Provenance:
The David Constable Collection.
J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.
Griffin Collection part 1, Phillips, New Bond Street, 24 April 1997, lot 62.
Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume two, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 770/1, entry number 165.