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A Charles II unascribed provincial "notched" Puritan spoon
of good gauge with a broad stem and an egg-shaped bowl, scratched "M.H I.A 1682" at the top of the stem, on the reverse, stamped in the bowl with a fluer-de-lys and on the back of the stem with a makers mark, R.C over a crescent and two fluer-de-lys marks, unascribed, circa 1682 - 18cm long, 1.75oz.
Literature:
Jackson's Revised pp.523 last item, for very similar marks as seen on trefid spoons.
See Illustration
of good gauge with a broad stem and an egg-shaped bowl, scratched "M.H I.A 1682" at the top of the stem, on the reverse, stamped in the bowl with a fluer-de-lys and on the back of the stem with a makers mark, R.C over a crescent and two fluer-de-lys marks, unascribed, circa 1682 - 18cm long, 1.75oz.
Literature:
Jackson's Revised pp.523 last item, for very similar marks as seen on trefid spoons.
See Illustration