Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 26th October 2022 - 26th October 2022
Lot 821
A Charles II silver straining spoon
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
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Description
A Charles II silver straining spoon,
by John King, London circa 1660,
half of the rounded fig-shaped bowl with pierced holes, the reverse with a rudimentary rat-tail and traces of a possible collection number, long faceted stem with a ball knop finial, length 29.5cm, approx. weight 3.1oz.
Provenance: The David Constable Collection.
Alastair Dickenson Ltd.
Private Collection.
Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain 1200-1710, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume 2, pages 848-849, entry number 188 .