Details
A Charles I, large, ascribed Wessex area baluster seal-top spoon,
of good gauge, the large extended seal fluted, gilded and pricked "I.C M.B 1664", the broad parallel stem joining a large rounded fig-shaped bowl, by William Lewis, Wincanton circa 1664, (makers mark once in the bowl and thrice on back of the stem) - 21cm long, 2.5oz.
Literature:
Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers, pp.106-7 for details of this maker and an illustration of his marks.
See Illustration
of good gauge, the large extended seal fluted, gilded and pricked "I.C M.B 1664", the broad parallel stem joining a large rounded fig-shaped bowl, by William Lewis, Wincanton circa 1664, (makers mark once in the bowl and thrice on back of the stem) - 21cm long, 2.5oz.
Literature:
Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers, pp.106-7 for details of this maker and an illustration of his marks.
See Illustration