Details
A mid 17th Century Provincial apostle spoon,
the cast terminal with traces of gilding, the fig-shaped bowl pricked with a initials and a date 1670 and with a short rat-tail, struck three times on the stem with a castle turret punch, the bowl with maker's initials A.B., probably circa 1640.
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the cast terminal with traces of gilding, the fig-shaped bowl pricked with a initials and a date 1670 and with a short rat-tail, struck three times on the stem with a castle turret punch, the bowl with maker's initials A.B., probably circa 1640.
See Frontispiece
Further details
For an illustration of similar marks see Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland edited by Ian Pickford, page 522.