MAKER'S MARK RC, TOWN MARK A FRUIT, CIRCA 1620

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A WEST COUNTRY SILVER SEAL TOP SPOON
MAKER'S MARK RC, TOWN MARK A FRUIT, CIRCA 1620
The back of the bowl engraved with initials, the seal with the remains of gilding - 7in. (17.8cm.) long, 1.25oz.

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Lot Essay

Jackson records this mark as Raleigh Clapham of Barnstaple however in his book West Country Silver Spoons and Their Maker's 1550-1750 Timothy Kent suggests that this mark is more likely that of Richard Chandler of Plymouth.

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