Silver & Objects of Vertu - 16th July 2019
Lot 222
The Worshipful Company of Mercers
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £100
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Description
The Worshipful Company of Mercers, a reproduction silver spoon from The Trinity Hospital set,
by Hicklenton and Phillips, London 1937,
Slip-top form, the reverse of the stem inscribed ' d.d Mercer's Company George VI 1937', length 17.2cm, approx. weight 2.2oz.
The Trinity Hospital Spoons are a set of eighteen which were paid for by John Griffith in 1619. A pair of reproductions of these spoons were given to each member of the Company in celebration of the coronation of George IV.