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Item: Trefid Spoon Description: Decorated Rattail
Hallmark: Honiton c.1700 by Richard Sweet III Dimensions: 203mm long,
60 g weight
Comments: A very fine trefid spoon by one of
the premier West Country Spoon-makers. See "West Country Silver
Spoons and Their Makers" by Tim Kent, pages 135-6. This spoon is in
absolutely excellent condition with a full sized bowl with thick lip,
original patina, a pristine rattail and four superb "RS" marks.
There is also the addition of a French Control mark. The spoon is of very
good gauge and has the added bonus of a contemporary dated betrothal
inscription to the reverse terminal.
Price: SOLD
Ref. No.: UU/4895
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