A rare Elizabeth I provincial silver Apostle spoon

A rare Elizabeth I provincial silver Apostle spoon, possibly St. Matthew or St. Thomas,

By Thomas Pinder, York 1585,

fig-shaped bowl, faceted stem, gilded finial, with a rays of glory nimbus

Provenance:

A Private Collection.

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Early Silver Spoons including the Property of a Lady, 02 May 2001, lot 93.

St Matthew normally carries a builder's square, so a builder's rule is a possibility. However in Rupert, C.G, Apostle spoons 1928, he feels that St. Thomas is a more probable attribution for the finial.