Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 28th April 2021
Lot 1860
A Charles II Sussex silver Trefid spoon
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1900
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Description
A Charles II Sussex silver Trefid spoon,
by Richard Dobson, Lewes, circa 1675,
the oval bowl with a ribbed rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal with scratch initials 'P' over 'I.A', the terminal scratch initialled 'B' over 'II' over 'K' over 'TA', length 18.8cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.
Provenance:
The David Constable Collection.
Bonham, New Bond Street, London, Fine Silver, 22 November 2006, 70.
Sotheby & Co. 6 June 1946, Catalogue of Two Important Collections of Early Silver Spoons, The property of Lieut-Colonel J. Bennett-Stanford and the property of the Late Lieut-Colonel Claud Beddington, Lot no 59, Illustrated on plate VI the property of Bennett-Stanford, bought by How of Edinburgh for £25.00.