MID-WESSEX, CIRCA 1675

Details

A PAIR OF CHARLES II SILVER SHADED-ROUNDEL SPOONS
MID-WESSEX, CIRCA 1675
Each with a heart-shaped terminal, the stem decorated with shaded roundels in a heart-shaped cartouche, a tapering line and a rosette, one with a hook terminal, struck in the bowl and three times on the stem with an indeterminate mark
8 3/8 in. (21.4 cm.) long
3 oz. 8 dwt. (106 gr.)

Provenance

The Paterson Collection; Christie's, South Kensington, 10 November 1998, lot 55.

Literature

T. Kent, West Country Silver Spoons and Their Marks 1550-1750, Windsor, 1992, pp. 152-153, pl. D.

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Lot Essay

Shaded-Roundell Spoons

This group of spoons is discussed at length by Timothy Kent who suggests that shaded-roundell spoons originate '... from Salisbury in the East to Sherborne/Wincanton in the West', however, they do not seem to have been made in Exeter or Cornwall. Kent suggests Salisbury as a likely town of origin (T. Kent, West Country Silver Spoons and Their Marks 1550-1750, Windsor, 1992, p. 21). Shaded-roundell spoons are distinguished by the use of repeated punch decoration on the stems.

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