Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018
Lot 884
A Charles I Sussex silver Seal-top spoon
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1900
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Description
A Charles I Sussex silver Seal-top spoon,
by William Dobson, Lewes circa 1631,
fig-shaped bowl, tapering faceted stem, the seal-top with traces of gilding and scratch initialled 'HW' over '1631' over 'MH', length 16.8cm, approx. weight 1.4oz.
Provenance:
The David Constable Collection.
J. H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.
The Patterson Collection
Christie's 9th June 1943 from the Collection of Col. Ratcliffe.
The marks are illustrated in Kent,T. Sussex Silver and its Makers, J. H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd, 2002, page 26 fig.41-43.
Exhibited at the launch of the Sussex silver book, at J. H. Bourdon- Smith, Masons Yard, 12 December 2002.