Please note: the date is 1564

Please note: the date is 1564, not 1654 as previously catalogued.

An Elizabeth I silver Seal-top spoon,

unascribed, possibly by John Daniell, London 1564,

fig-shaped bowl, tapering faceted stem, the terminal with a vase shaped seal-top, length 17.5cm, approx. weight 1.9oz.

Provenance:

The David Constable Collection.

J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd.

Blackham Collection.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume One, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 468/9, entry number 86.

J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd, illustrated, no.12, in Loan Exhibition of Early English Spoons, 1981, held in conjunction with the launch of Tim Kent's Publication London Silver Spoon Makers, 1500-1697.

Illustrated in Schroder, T., The National Trust Book of English Domestic Silver 1500-1900, 1988, page 84.