Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 28th April 2021

Lot 1873

A Charles I West-Country silver Lion Sejant spoon

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1100

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Description

A Charles I West-Country silver Lion Sejant spoon,

by Jasper Radcliffe I, Exeter, circa 1647,

the reverse of the re-hammered bowl with prick-dot initials 'IF' over 'E.S', '1647', gilded finial, length 18.4cm, approx. weight 1.2oz.

Provenance:

A Private Collection.

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Silver Sale, 25 April 2018, lot 852.

Sotheby's, London, Fine Silver and Vertu, 29 November 2005, lot 110.

The Silver Lion, Washington DC, USA, April, 1984.