Lot Essay
See: Timothy Kent, West Country Silver Spoons and their Makers: 1550-1750, 1992, p. 117 for a biography of John Parnell
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A JAMES I SILVER MAIDENHEAD SPOON
MARK OF JOHN PARNELL, TRURO, CIRCA 1620-1630
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A JAMES I SILVER MAIDENHEAD SPOON
MARK OF JOHN PARNELL, TRURO, CIRCA 1620-1630
Of typical form, marked on reverse, the bowl stamped with a "lymphad," also marked with museum accession number; together with Charles I lion- sejant spoon, mark of Robert Tyte, Salisbury, circa 1640, the finial in the form of a lion sejant, marked on stem, also with museum accession number
The larger (lion sejant) spoon 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long; 2 oz. (72 gr.) (2)
MARK OF JOHN PARNELL, TRURO, CIRCA 1620-1630
Of typical form, marked on reverse, the bowl stamped with a "lymphad," also marked with museum accession number; together with Charles I lion- sejant spoon, mark of Robert Tyte, Salisbury, circa 1640, the finial in the form of a lion sejant, marked on stem, also with museum accession number
The larger (lion sejant) spoon 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long; 2 oz. (72 gr.) (2)
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