Details
A Charles II tentatively ascribed West Country, decorated Puritan spoon,
engraved with a stylised rose with a leafy stem and a "stirrup", the deep oval bowl pricked "1665 P.T I.W" on the reverse and stamped with a five petal flowerhead mark, probably Barnstaple circa 1665 - 18cm long; together with another very similar spoon, (repaired).
Literature:
Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers, plate C for an illustration of the first spoon in this lot.
See Illustration (2)
engraved with a stylised rose with a leafy stem and a "stirrup", the deep oval bowl pricked "1665 P.T I.W" on the reverse and stamped with a five petal flowerhead mark, probably Barnstaple circa 1665 - 18cm long; together with another very similar spoon, (repaired).
Literature:
Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers, plate C for an illustration of the first spoon in this lot.
See Illustration (2)