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For further information on seal-top spoons see lot 447.
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MARK OF WILLIAM FRIEND, LONDON, 1613
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A JAMES I SILVER-GILT SEAL-TOP SPOON
MARK OF WILLIAM FRIEND, LONDON, 1613
The baluster finial cast and chased with foliage and fluting, the seal prick engraved with initials 'WP', the back of the bowl later prick engraved with initials 'RC' and dated '1634', marked in bowl with leopard's head and on the stem with maker's mark, lion passant and date letter
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long
1 oz. 17 dwt. (57 gr.)
MARK OF WILLIAM FRIEND, LONDON, 1613
The baluster finial cast and chased with foliage and fluting, the seal prick engraved with initials 'WP', the back of the bowl later prick engraved with initials 'RC' and dated '1634', marked in bowl with leopard's head and on the stem with maker's mark, lion passant and date letter
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long
1 oz. 17 dwt. (57 gr.)
Provenance
Possibly Archibald White Maconohie (1854-1926),
Possibly The Collection of Old English and Foreign Silver formed by A. W. Maconochie, Esq. deceased, late of 8 Porchester Gate, W., and Cudham Hall, Kent; Christie's, London, 21 July 1926, lot 334 (£5 to Johnson).
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 30 January 1998, lot 98.
Possibly The Collection of Old English and Foreign Silver formed by A. W. Maconochie, Esq. deceased, late of 8 Porchester Gate, W., and Cudham Hall, Kent; Christie's, London, 21 July 1926, lot 334 (£5 to Johnson).
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 30 January 1998, lot 98.
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