A fine Henry VIII silver Lion Sejant affronté spoon

A fine Henry VIII silver Lion Sejant affronté spoon,

by William Simpson, London 1530,

fig-shaped bowl, tapering faceted stem, the lion finial with traces of gilding, length 17.3cm, approx. weight 1.4oz.

Provenance:

The David Constable Collection.

Bonham's New Bond Street, 2 July 2008, lot number 84. The Quernmore Collection.

Sotheby's, Herefordshire, The Roger Whittaker Collection, 12 July 1999, lot 214.

Christie's King Street, Dr. Wilfred Harris, Collection, 19 June 1957, lot 108., purchased by How of Edinburgh.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume one, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 398-401, entry number 69.

Illustrated in How Vol I, page 260/1, Plate 3.