Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018

Lot 890

A Charles II Sussex silver Trefid spoon

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A Charles II Sussex silver Trefid spoon,

by James Emery II, Lewes circa 1673,

the oval bowl with a raised rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal scratch initialled 'GP' over '1673' over 'EP', length 20.2cm, approx. weight 1.5oz.

Provenance:

The David Constable Collection.

Nicholas Shaw Antiques.

For the maker's mark see Kent,T., Sussex Silver and its Makers, J. H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd, 2002, page 30, fig.67.