Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 25th October 2022 - 25th October 2022

Lot 159

The Worshipful Company of Mercers

Estimate £200 - £300

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Description

The Worshipful Company of Mercers, a pair of reproduction silver spoons from The Trinity Hospital set,

by Hicklenton and Phillips, London 1937,

Slip-top form, the reverse of the stem inscribed 'd.d Mercer's Company George VI 1937', length 17.2cm, approx. weight 4oz. (2)

The Trinity Hospital Spoons are a set of eighteen which were paid for by John Griffith in 1619. A pair of reproductions of these spoons were given to each member of the Company in celebration of the coronation of George IV.