A Charles I West Country silver Apostle spoon

A Charles I West Country silver Apostle spoon, St. Peter,

marked once in bowl and three times on the reverse of the stem HP conjoined, probably for Henry Punchard, Dartmouth circa 1637,

fig-shaped bowl, the reverse of the bowl with prick-dot initials 'WH' over 'TK' over '1637', faceted tapering stem, the nimbus with gilded finial floral rays of glory, length 19.5cm, approx. weight 1.9oz.

Provenance:

A Private Collection.

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Early Silver Spoons including the Property of a Lady, 02 May 2001, lot 92.

Tim Kent in his West Country Silver Spoons and Their Makers, 1992, page 122, writes about this mark. 'Some of the later HP marks on spoons, if not accompanied by Exeter Town Mark, may pertain to this man (Henry Punchard) rather than Henry Powning'.