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Item: Spoon Description: Trefid Hallmark: Newcastle circa 1670-90 by Eli Bilton Dimensions: 141 mm long, 15g weight Comments: An exceptionally rare north country trefid spoon. The spoon has a very clear maker's mark for this Newcastle maker. This dessert sized spoon is typically light in weight for the period and origin, and has some wear to the rarely found decorated rattail. 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/8379 BUY THIS ITEM MORE INFORMATION |
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