Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2. - 23rd July 2020

Lot 927

A Charles II West Country silver Apostle spoon

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2000

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Description

A Charles II West Country silver Apostle spoon, St. Matthew,

by Thomas Dare I, Taunton circa 1670,

fig-shaped bowl, faceted tapering stem with a gilded Apostle finial with a large plain nimbus, with traces of prick dot initials, the reverse of the bowl with an old collection label, length 18.8cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.