A rare Elizabeth I West Country silver Wrythen Knop spoon,

A rare Elizabeth I West Country silver Wrythen Knop spoon,
by J. Parnell, Barnstaple circa 1580,
fig-shaped bowl, scratch initialled 'E.M', the reverse with an old collection label, faceted tapering stem with a gilded finial, length 16.3cm, approx. weight 1.1oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.
For a similar spoon, from the McEuen Collection, see: How, Commander G., in collaboration with How, J., English and Scottish Spoons, 1953, Volume I, page 192/3, Chapter II, Section IV, Plate 6. How writes that 'the spoon is one of a group of three, now dispersed'.