Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 5th October 2021

Lot 235

An Elizabeth I East Anglian silver slip-top spoon

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3600

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Description

An Elizabeth I East Anglian silver slip-top spoon,

maker's mark of a trefoil in an outline punch, attributed to William Rogers, Norwich circa 1560,

fig-shaped bowl with hammer marks, tapering faceted handle, length 15.8cm, approx. weight 1oz.

Provenance: a Private Collection.

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 27 July 2006, lot 121 (part).

For a similar example from The Ticktum Collection see: Hartop, C., East Anglian Silver, 1550-1750

John Adamson, 2004, page 38, entry number 1. also see pages 35-36 for more information on William Rogers.