How of Edinburgh - 30th October 2007

Lot 299

Bristol: An Elizabeth I spoon

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £900

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Description

Bristol: An Elizabeth I spoon, with a gilt maidenhead, struck once in the bowl with a quatrefoil and on the stem with the maker's name Harsell, for Richard Harsell, c.1600, in a corroded, excavated condition, 6in (15.3cm). See Kent, West Country spoons and their makers, p.97