A Charles II silver Ram's horn spoon

A Charles II silver Ram's horn spoon,

by Steven Venables, London circa 1660,

the oval bowl with a rudimentary rat-tail, tapering faceted stem, with a ram's horn finial, one horn broken off,

length 20.5cm, approx. weight 1.1oz.

Provenance:

The David Constable Collection.

Daniel Bexfield.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume two, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 846/847, entry number 187.