Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30 Oct 2018
A William and Mary West Country silver Trefid spoon
A William and Mary West Country silver Trefid spoon,
by Richard Hamlin, Taunton circa 1689,
the oval bowl attached to the stem with two visible pins, the reverse of the terminal prick dot initialled 'H' over 'I.I', over 1689', length 18.1cm, approx. weight 1.3oz.
Provenance:
The David Constable Collection.
Nicholas Shaw Antiques, 2002.
Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume two, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 856/857, entry number 191.