Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018
Lot 883
A Charles I Sussex silver Seal-top spoon
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
A Charles I Sussex silver Seal-top spoon,
by William Dobson Senior or Junior, Lewes circa 1630-40,
fig-shaped bowl, tapering faceted stem, the gilded seal-top, length 17.2cm, approx. weight 1.3oz.
Provenance:
The David Constable Collection.
J. H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.
Woolley and Wallis, The Salisbury Salerooms, 25 October 2000, lot 2.
The marks and spoon are illustrated in Kent, T. Sussex Silver and its Makers, J. H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd, 2002, page 26, figs. 36 and 37.
Exhibited at the launch of the Sussex silver book, at J. H. Bourdon- Smith, Masons Yard, 12 December 2002.