Silver & Objects of Vertu - 24 Jan 2023
The Worshipful Company of Mercers
The Worshipful Company of Mercers, a pair of reproduction silver spoons from The Trinity Hospital set,
by Hicklenton and Phillips, London 1937,
Slip-top form, the reverse of the stem inscribed 'd.d Mercer's Company George VI 1937', length 17.2cm, approx. weight 4oz. (2)
The Trinity Hospital Spoons are a set of eighteen which were paid for by John Griffith in 1619. A pair of reproductions of these spoons were given to each member of the Company in celebration of the coronation of George VI.