A William & Mary tentatively ascribed Wessex area trefid spoon with a bead and reeded rat-tail bowl, the terminal with two ear-like projections and a rounded tongue, makers mark only W.C. (script) in a rectangle, possibly by William Clare*, Warminster circa 1690 - 18.5cm long, 2oz. Literature * See Kent, West Country Spoons and Their Makers, pp.76 for details of this maker and illustrations of his marks, none of which are identical but do bare resemblences. (3)