A PROVINCIAL SILVER APOSTLE SPOON

WESSEX, CIRCA 1650, ASCRIBED TO SAMUEL CAWLEY

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A PROVINCIAL SILVER APOSTLE SPOON
WESSEX, CIRCA 1650, ASCRIBED TO SAMUEL CAWLEY
WITH FIG-SHAPED BOWL, THE SILVER-GILT FINIAL FORMED AS THE FIGURE OF AN APOSTLE, WORN, THE REVERSE OF THE BOWL FAINTLY ENGRAVED WITH THE INITIALS E.H. AND R.H., DATED 1663, MARKED IN BOWL
7½IN. (19CM.) LONG
1OZ. (42GRS.)

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THIS PUNCH IS ASCRIBED TO THE WORKSHOP OF SAMUEL CAWLEY I, SEE T. KENT, OP. CIT. P. 5. KNOWN AS THE LONDON FORGERY GROUP, THIS AND SIMILAR MARKS APPEAR ON SPOONS OF THE 1650S. FAR FROM BEING FORGERIES, IT IS THOUGHT THAT THEY ARE THE WORK OF CAWLEY, A ROYALIST AND EXETER GOLDSMITH, PRODUCED DURING THE COMMONWEALTH.

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