Details
A mid 17th Century Provincial spoon,
the fluted baluster terminal with seal-end pricked with a date 1669, the bowl with short rat-tail, struck three times on the stem and once in the bowl with "R", probably circa 1640.
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the fluted baluster terminal with seal-end pricked with a date 1669, the bowl with short rat-tail, struck three times on the stem and once in the bowl with "R", probably circa 1640.
See Frontispiece
Post lot text
Although no evidence has come to light to add weight to the theory, pieces bearing this mark have traditionally been ascribed to Rochester. For an illustration of a similar mark see Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland edited by Ian Pickford, page 518.
