Details
A Commonwealth unascribed provincial Apostle spoon,
of good gauge, the crudely cast figure with traces of gilding and a petal shaped nimbus (lacking his emblems), the broad slightly tapering stem with a large rounded bowl, pricked "T.H.M 1655", stamped once in the bowl and thrice on the back of the stem with a portcullis/grid mark, unascribed circa 1650 - 20cm long, 2oz.
Literature:
Jackson's Revised, pp.527 for illustrations of these actual marks.
See Illustration
of good gauge, the crudely cast figure with traces of gilding and a petal shaped nimbus (lacking his emblems), the broad slightly tapering stem with a large rounded bowl, pricked "T.H.M 1655", stamped once in the bowl and thrice on the back of the stem with a portcullis/grid mark, unascribed circa 1650 - 20cm long, 2oz.
Literature:
Jackson's Revised, pp.527 for illustrations of these actual marks.
See Illustration