Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018
Lot 896
A Charles I West Country silver Apostle spoon
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £3500
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Description
A Charles I West Country silver Apostle spoon, St. Peter,
by Thomas Dare I, Taunton circa 1647,
fig-shaped bowl, faceted tapering stem with an Apostle finial with a large plain nimbus, prick dot initialled 'ER' over '1647' over 'TB', length 18.5cm, approx. weight 2.4oz.
Provenance:
The David Constable Collection.
J. H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.
Christie's King Street, 5 March 1997, lot number 44.
Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume one, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 280/1, entry number 43.