A Charles I tentatively ascribed West Country silver Seal-top spoon

A Charles I tentatively ascribed West Country silver Seal-top spoon,

marked once in the bowl and three times on the stem with a scallop shell mark, possibly Gloucester, circa 1633,

fig-shaped bowl, faceted tapering stem, the gilded finial with prick-dot initials ''R.C' over 1633 over 'E.C', length 18cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.

Provenance:

A Private Collection.

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, A Private Collection of Early Silver Spoons, 25 October 2000, lot 11.

William Bruford and Son Ltd., Eastbourne.

For marks see Jackson's, Ian Pickford Edition, The Antique Collectors' Club, 1989, page 317.