Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 29th October 2019

Lot 218

A Charles I silver Seal-top spoon

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £800

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Description

A Charles I silver Seal-top spoon,

by Daniel Cary, London 1639,

fig-shaped bowl, faceted tapering stem punched with an unidentified mark, the seal-top finial with traces of gilding and prick-dot initialled 'R.W', length 15.7cm, approx. weight 1oz.

Provenance: The Britton Smith collection of Early Spoons, (part II), Fine Silver, Bonhams, New Bond Street, London, 19 November 2007, lot 70 (Part).