An early-17th century provincial silver-gilt...

An early-17th century provincial silver-gilt Apostle spoon, Hooded St. Andrew,
marked three times to the stem CR or RC conjoined, and once to the bowl with RC in a circular rose punch within a rope-work border, unascribed, circa 1600,
fig-shaped bowl, the reverse with later prick-dot initials 'I*W' over 'I*B', below '1632', and with a 19th century crest, tapering faceted stem, the large Apostle finial with a hood rather than a nimbus, length 19.1cm, approx. weight 2oz.

Provenance:
A Private Collection.

Illustrated and written up in How, G., and How J., English and Scottish Silver Spoons, 1953, Volume Two, Chapter III, Section II, Plate 47, pages 142/143.
How writes about this spoon, 'The large hooded figure, which has never had a nimbus, is an exact duplicate of the St. Andrew in the famous Astor Set, London 1536, although this spoon has lost his emblem. Apart from the Astor St. Andrew, I have never seen a similar hooded figure, but there is no reason why early models, such as this, should not have been used over a long period by later silversmiths, both in London and the Provinces'.

For the mark in the bowl see Jackson's, Ian Pickford Edition, The Antique Collectors' Club, 1989, page 525,