Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018
Lot 881
A Charles II silver Ram's horn spoon
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A Charles II silver Ram's horn spoon,
by Steven Venables, London circa 1660,
the oval bowl with a rudimentary rat-tail, tapering faceted stem, with a ram's horn finial, one horn broken off,
length 20.5cm, approx. weight 1.1oz.
Provenance:
The David Constable Collection.
Daniel Bexfield.
Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume two, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 846/847, entry number 187.