Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018

Lot 912

A Commonwealth silver Puritan spoon

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A Commonwealth silver Puritan spoon,

maker's mark once in bowl and twice on the stem D.R, probably for Daniel Rutty, London circa 1658,

elongated fig-shaped bowl, the reverse of the tapering stem inscribed 'BAPTISED 8TH DAY JULY 1658'. length 15.8cm, approx. weight 0.9oz.