A rare James VII (II of England) Scottish silver Trefid spoon

A rare James VII (II of England) Scottish silver Trefid spoon,

by Robert Brock, Glasgow 1688/9,

oval bowl, the reverse with a ribbed rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal scratch initialled 'VM' in a monogram, length 20.4cm, approx. weight 1.8oz.

Provenance:

The David Constable Collection.

Christie's London 24 May 2007, Lot no. 200, Hunter Blair sale of Blairquhan.

Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., The Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1710, Volume two, Constables Publishing, 2016, pages 922/923, entry number 211.

Glasgow silver of this date is rare, and an indication of this is the number of date letters that are conjectured in Jacksons. This one was not seen by him.