細節
A Commonwealth unascribed provincial seal-top spoon
with a Salisbury 'A' type casting* pricked "MH ID 1650" on the seal, makers mark once in the bowl and thrice on the back of the stem, (T.M in monogram)** probably Wessex area or West Country circa 1650 - 16.25cm long, 1oz.
Literature:
*Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers fig.64 for similar cast finials.
**Jackson's Revised pp.520 for illustrations of these marks as seen on a seal-top, circa 1630-1640.
with a Salisbury 'A' type casting* pricked "MH ID 1650" on the seal, makers mark once in the bowl and thrice on the back of the stem, (T.M in monogram)** probably Wessex area or West Country circa 1650 - 16.25cm long, 1oz.
Literature:
*Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers fig.64 for similar cast finials.
**Jackson's Revised pp.520 for illustrations of these marks as seen on a seal-top, circa 1630-1640.