 |
Item: Table Spoon Description: Seal-top Hallmark: Salisbury circa 1650 by Thomas Thornburgh Dimensions: 184 mm long, 62g weight Comments: A fine mid-17th Century Salisbury made spoon with a "Group A" cast seal (see Kent "Salisbury Silver & It's Makers 1550-1700" pages 16-18 for further information). The bowl is struck with the distinctive "T" mark of the maker and thrice to the stem with an incuse castle mark. The leading left hand edge of the bowl is sharp and there is a small nick to the seal, otherwise a top quality spoon with an important provenance. See "West Country Spoons and Their Makers 1550-1750" by Tim Kent pages 137-138 and "Salisbury Silver & It's Makers 1550-1700" by Tim Kent pages 240-242 for more information about this silversmith and illustrations of the identical maker's mark. Provenance: The How of Edinburgh Sale on October 30th 2007. How of Edinburgh were the leading experts in early spoons. They were retailing from the early 1930's onwards and produced the groundbreaking work "English & Scottish Silver Spoons and Pre-Elizabethan Hallmarks" in the 1950's. Price: SOLD Ref. No.: HOW/8387 MORE INFORMATION |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |