A Commonwealth silver slip-top spoon
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A Commonwealth silver slip-top spoon

LONDON, 1656, MARK II

Details
A Commonwealth silver slip-top spoon
London, 1656, mark II
With fig-shaped bowl and plain handle, the reverse of the bowl pricked with the initials SD [GS?], marked in bowl and on handle
6¾in. (17.2cm.) long
1oz. (46gr.)
Provenance
E.S. Willard, Esq.; Christie's London, 13 June 1907, lot 19 (£17 to Crichton)
F.G. Hilton Price, Esq., F.S.A., F.G.S., [ Christie's London, 8 December 1909, lot 137 (£17 to Elkington)
Howe of Edinburgh
Anon. Sale; Christie's London, 16 February 1966, lot 133 (£82 to Harvey and Gore)
Sir Robert Barlow (1891-1972) and thence by descent
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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