How of Edinburgh - 30th October 2007

Lot 281

Unascribed West Country: A Charles I large spoon

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £850

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Description

Unascribed West Country: A Charles I large spoon, with the gilt figure of the saint lacking emblems, with rayed nimbus, struck once in the bowl, with maker's mark SK, c.1640, 7.75in (19.6cm). For the maker's mark see Jackson's Revised, p.324. For a similar casting see Kent, West Country spoon and their makers, p.10