Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018

Lot 904

A James I silver Apostle spoon

Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £6000

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Description

A James I silver Apostle spoon, St. James the Greater,

by Martin Hewett, London 1615,

fig-shaped bowl, faceted tapering stem, the gilded Apostle finial with a dove nimbus, length 18.2cm, approx. weight 2oz.

Provenance:

The Alexander James Collection, Phillips, London, 9 February 1979, lot 64.

Exhibited Cardiff Museum, (no.19).