A Charles II West Country silver Decorated Puritan spoon

A Charles II West Country silver Decorated Puritan spoon,

by John Peard I, Barnstaple circa 1675,

oval bowl, tapering splayed terminal with engraved decoration, the reverse prick-dot initialled '1675' over 'I.G', length 18.5cm, approx. weight 1.1oz.

Provenance:

The David Constable Collection.

J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume two, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 525/527, entry number 106.