Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 6th October 2021
Lot 705
A set of six miniature silver Hanoverian 'Fancy-back' pattern teaspoons with a mote spoon
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £800
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Description
A set of six miniature silver Hanoverian 'Fancy-back' pattern teaspoons with a mote spoon,
maker's mark script I?, possibly for James Allen, London circa 1765, the mote spoon unmarked,
the reverse of the bowls with a shell and spray motif, the reverse of the terminals scratch initialled H.S, the mote spoon stem with the same initials, in a black shagreen case, velvet lined, length of mote spoon, 8.1cm, approx. total weight 0.5oz. (7)
Provenance: purchased from Phillips, New Bond Street, Silver Sale, 31 January 1992.