Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018
Lot 877
A Charles II West Country silver Decorated Puritan spoon
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2300
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Description
A Charles II West Country silver Decorated Puritan spoon,
by John Peard I, Barnstaple circa 1675,
oval bowl, tapering splayed terminal with engraved decoration, the reverse prick-dot initialled '1675' over 'I.G', length 18.5cm, approx. weight 1.1oz.
Provenance:
The David Constable Collection.
J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.
Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume two, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 525/527, entry number 106.