How of Edinburgh - 30th October 2007

Lot 306

Unascribed: An Elizabeth I spoon

Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £2300

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Description

Unascribed: An Elizabeth I spoon, with a gilt lion, the bowl later pricked 1670 over I.C over A.L, struck in the bowl with a maker's mark HP (conjoined) in a circle, c.1590, 7in (17.8cm). See Jackson's Revised, p.516 for this mark as seen on a maidenhead spoon, c.1590.