Details
A rare, tentatively ascribed Charles I West Country Bhudda-knop spoon
with a gilt figure terminal, a curved fig-shaped bowl and broad stem, pricked on the back of the bowl "G.A.H 1647", makers mark R.C on the back of the bowl, probably by Richard Chandler, Plymouth circa 1647 - 19cm long, 1.75oz.
Literature:
Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers, where Kent details the attribution of this mark.
Jackson's Revised, pp.311, item 6 for a further illustration of this mark.
Christie's South Kensington Early Silver Spoons and Flatware, 15 April 1998, lot 157 for a very similar spoon.
See Illustration
with a gilt figure terminal, a curved fig-shaped bowl and broad stem, pricked on the back of the bowl "G.A.H 1647", makers mark R.C on the back of the bowl, probably by Richard Chandler, Plymouth circa 1647 - 19cm long, 1.75oz.
Literature:
Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers, where Kent details the attribution of this mark.
Jackson's Revised, pp.311, item 6 for a further illustration of this mark.
Christie's South Kensington Early Silver Spoons and Flatware, 15 April 1998, lot 157 for a very similar spoon.
See Illustration