Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018
Lot 886
A Charles I Sussex silver Seal-top spoon
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1700
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Description
A Charles I Sussex silver Seal-top spoon,
by William Dobson I, Lewes circa 1630,
fig-shaped bowl, tapering faceted stem, the seal-top with traces of gilding and faintly prick dot initialled 'W' over 'W.P', length 16.4cm, approx. weight 0.9oz.
Provenance:
The David Constable Collection.
J. H . Bourdon-Smith Ltd.
The marks and spoon are illustrated in Kent,T. Sussex Silver and its Makers, J. H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd, 2002, page 27, figs. 50,51 and 53.
Exhibited at the launch of the Sussex silver book, at J. H. Bourdon- Smith, Masons Yard, 12 December 2002.