Lot 266
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A CHARLES II SILVER SPOON

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A CHARLES II SILVER SPOON
LONDON, 1684, MAKER'S MARK THOMAS CORY

With trefid stem and rattail bowl, the terminal surmounted by a freestanding greyhound with an applied pendant ring, the reverse engraved E*L, marked on stem--8in. (20.3cm.) long
(2 oz.)

Lot Essay

According to Timothy Kent's The London Spoonmakers 1500-1697, Thomas Cory was apprenticed in 1646 and carried on business in London and at Warminster. He died in 1689. A fine trefid by him, 1683, is in the Holburne of Menstrie Museum, Bath.