Silver & Objects of Vertu - 14th July 2026
Lot 116
An Elizabethan century silver provincial lion Sejant spoon,
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
An Elizabethan silver provincial lion Sejant spoon,
marked once to bowl, conjoined HP in a circle, circa 1590,
fig-shaped bowl, later pricked '1670' over 'IC' over 'AL' to the underside, tapering faceted stem with a gilt lion finial, length 17.9cm, approx. weight 1.2oz.
Provenance:
Sold in these rooms, How of Edinburgh, 30th October 2007, Lot 306.
See Jackson's Revised p.516 for this mark seen on a maidenhead spoon, circa 1590.