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6661 - A 'RARE' JAMES.I. WEST COUNTRY 'LION SEJANT' SPOON - THE TERMINAL GILDED & VERY FINELY DETAILED - THE DEEP FIG SHAPED BOWL DOT PRICKED: 'IB OVER H 1647' - BY: 'HUGH OSBORN' EXETER C1615.  17.4cm  38gms  
(THE MAKERS MARK; 'HO' AND TAKEN FROM THIS SPOON, IS ILLUSTRATED 'M100' IN 'WEST COUNTRY SILVER SPOONS' BY TIM KENT)
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6659 - A 'RARE' ELIZABETH.I. MIDLANDS AREA SEAL-TOP SPOON OF GOOD GAUGE - THE FIG SHAPED BOWL & HEXAGONAL STEM WITH GILDED & WELL DEFINED VASE SHAPED BALUSTER TERMINAL - MARKED IN THE BOWL: 'IV' WITHIN A CIRCLE - PROBABLY FOR: 'JOHN UTTING' OF LICHFIELD C1590.  16.6cm  46gms  
£2450
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6660 - AN ELIZABETH.I. PROVINCIAL SEAL-TOP SPOON OF HEAVY GAUGE & IN FINE CONDITION - THE FIG SHAPED BOWL & HEXAGONAL STEM WITH BROAD FLATS - THE SHORT GILDED TERMINAL FLUTED & WAISTED - MARKED IN THE BOWL: 'HW' WITHIN A CIRCLE - UNASCRIBED C1590.  16.4cm  52gms
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6658 - A 'V.GOOD' CHARLES.I. WEST COUNTRY SEAL-TOP SPOON - THE FIG SHAPED BOWL & WELL DEFINED HEXAGONAL STEM WITH  GILDED BALUSTER TERMINAL - DOT PRICKED TO THE BOWL: 'WL OVER IB 1660' - & MARKED WITH THE MAKERS DISTINCTIVE PUNCH AND TO THE STEM THRICE: 'IL' FOR 'JOHN LAVERS' EXETER C1635.  16.5cm  38gms
£1850
(THE MAKER & HIS MARKS ARE WELL DOCUMENTED IN 'WEST COUNTRY SILVER SPOONS' BY TIM KENT)
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6615 - A 'FINE & RARE' C16TH PROVINCIAL 'VIRGIN & HEART' SPOON - THE DEEP FIG SHAPED BOWL & SLENDER HEXAGONAL STEM - TAPERING TO A FINELY DETAILED & GILDED TERMINAL - AN UNIDENTIFIED DEVICE STRUCK TO THE BOWL - C1550 PERHAPS EARLIER.  16cm  30gms 
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6614 - A CHARLES.II. TREFID SPOON - WITH GOOD RIBBED RAT-TAIL - DOT PRICKED TO THE BROAD STEM END: 'L OVER W H' - VERY WELL MARKED FOR AN UN ASCRIBED MAKER 'EB' - LONDON 1683.  19.2cm  50gms 
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6559 - A V.GOOD EARLY CHARLES.II. 'PURITAN' SPOON - THE OVOID BOWL TO A TAPERED & V.WELL MARKED STEM - BY: 'JOHN SMITH' - LONDON 1665.  18.2cm  44gms
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6450 - A C16TH / C17TH PROVINCIAL LION SEJANT SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL & WELL DEFINED HEXAGONAL STEM - THE TERMINAL VERY WELL DETAILED WITH TRACES OF GILDING - MARKED IN THE BOWL WITH AN 'ESCALLOP' DEVICE - UNATTRIBUTED - THE MARK RECORDED BY 'JACKSON' ON A MAIDENHEAD SPOON -  16.8cm   45gms
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6448 - AN ELIZABETH.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL & TAPERING HEXAGONAL STEM - THE SMALL FLUTED FINIAL DOT PRICKED: 'T A' - WELL MARKED FOR: 'THOMAS BENBOWE' - LONDON 1595.  14.6cm  33gms  
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6449 - AN EARLY JAMES.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL & TAPERING HEXAGONAL STEM - THE SMALL FLUTED FINIAL WITH TRACES OF GILDING - WELL MARKED FOR: 'WILLIAM CAWDELL' - LONDON 1607 -  15.7cm  42gms  
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6447 - A 'V.GOOD' EARLY CHARLES.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL & HEAVY HEXAGONAL STEM WITH LARGE WELL DETAILED BALUSTER TERMINAL - BY: 'DANIEL CARY' - LONDON 1627 -  16.9cm   58gms   
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5706 - A CHARLES.II.TREFID SPOON WITH BEADED RAT-TAIL & OF GOOD GAUGE - THE STEM END INSCRIBED: 'H OVER TM' - THE MARKS NOW SOFT BUT READABLE - BY: 'SH',
AS YET, AN UNRECORDED MAKER - LONDON 1684....

£775

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JCK29 - A 'FINE' WLM.III. PROVINCIAL TREFID SPOON WITH RIBBED RAT-TAIL - THE TERMINAL INSCRIBED: 'N R - L R  1698' AND VERY WELL MARKED TO THE STEM: 'TS' IN MONOGRAM FOR: 'THOMAS SALTER' OF EXETER  C1695. 23cm  60gms  
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5975 - A WLM.III. TREFID SPOON - THE BOWL WITH GOOD RIBBED RAT-TAIL (A LITTLE WEAR TO THE FORE END) - THE STEM END INSCRIBED: 'M*I' AND SOFT BUT READABLE MARKS FOR: 'JOHN LADYMAN' - LONDON 1697 19.75cm 55gms
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5577 - A WLM.III. TREFID SPOON WITH BEADED RAT-TAIL - THE STEM END INSCRIBED 'F OVER IE' - BY: 'ISAAC DAVENPORT' - LONDON 1698.

£650

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6341 - A SCARCE WLM.III./QUEEN ANNE PROVINCIAL SILVER-GILT DOG NOSE TEA SPOON - MARKED ONCE TO THE STEM: 'TB' - UNIDENTIFIED  C1700/10  11cm   
£225
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SGC01 - A VERY GOOD - QUEEN ANNE DOG NOSE SPOON - WELL MARKED FOR 'THOMAS SPACKMAN' - THE BRITANNIA PUNCH THINLY STRUCK - LONDON 1710.  21cm  60gms
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6339 - A SCARCE PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL TABLE SPOONS WITH HEART CARTOUCHE TO THE STEM FRONTS - VERY WELL MARKED FOR: 'WILLIAM SCARLETT' - LONDON 1713.  21cm  
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PC063 - A 'FINE & V.RARE' GEO.I. PROVINCIAL HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL BASTING SPOON BY: 'JOSEPH COLLIER' OF 'PLYMOUTH'  - MARKED TO THE STEM TWICE WITH HIS MAKERS MARK & 3 TIMES WITH A DEVICE - HE IS FIRST RECORDED AT THE EXETER ASSAY OFFICE IN 1714 AND MUCH DETAIL OF HIS CAREER IS RECORDED IN THE 'DEVON RECORDS' 317mm (12.5") 110gms (3.5oz) PLYMOUTH C1714  (we are of course able to provide the biographical data).
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5973 - AN EARLY GEO.I. DOG-NOSE SPOON OF GOOD GAUGE - A LITTLE WEAR TO THE FORE END - THE STEM END INSCRIBED: 'A OVER T*T' AND SOFT BUT READABLE MARKS FOR: 'SAMUEL HITCHCOCK' - LONDON 1716 21cm 60gms
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5722 - AN EARLY GEO.I. HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL SPOON - THE STEM END INSCRIBED 'P OVER EM' - BY: 'HENRY CLARKE.I.' - LONDON 1716.
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JCK30 - A RARE JAMES.I/CHARLES.I. PROVINCIAL SEAL-TOP SPOON - THE DEEP FIG SHAPED BOWL & TAPERING HEXAGONAL STEM WITH A SMALL BALUSTER TERMINAL - 'DOT PRICKED: EG 1627 TN' - VERY WELL MARKED IN THE BOWL & TO THE STEM FOR: 'WILLIAM DODSON' OF 'LEWES'  C1620.  14.8cm  32gms  
6268 - A 'V. FINE' CHARLES.I. 'SLIP-TOP' SPOON - A SUPERB FIG SHAPED BOWL & WELL DEFINED HEXAGONAL STEM - VERY WELL MARKED FOR: 'WILLIAM CARY' - LONDON 1642.  16.5cm   38gms 
6213 - A ' V. RARE' EARLY QUEEN ANNE DOG NOSE TEA SPOON - THE MAKERS MARK NOW LOST BUT WELL MARKED FOR LONDON 1703.  11.5cm
5923 - AN EARLY QUEEN ANNE DOG NOSE SPOON - OF GOOD GAUGE WITH LATER SCRIPT INITIALS TO THE STEM END: 'SMY' - A GOOD SET OF MARKS FOR: 'JOHN SMITH.I.' - LONDON 1703. 19.5cm 60gms
6212 - A 'V. GOOD' CHARLES.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON - THE FIG SHAPED BOWL WITH SHARPLY DEFINED TAPERING HEXAGONAL STEM - THE BALUSTER TERMINAL WITH TRACES OF GILDING - VERY WELL MARKED FOR: 'DANIEL CAREY' - LONDON 1634.  15.2cm  33gms  
6208 - A 'V. GOOD' JAMES.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON OF GOOD GAUGE - THE FIG SHAPED BOWL WITH SHARPLY DEFINED HEXAGONAL STEM - THE BALUSTER TERMINAL DOT PRICKED: 'A K' - VERY WELL MARKED FOR: 'WILLIAM LOVEJOY' - LONDON 1618.  17cm  46gms 
5998 - A WLM & MARY TREFID SPOON - THE STEM END INSCRIBED: 'M * C' - AN EARLY REPAIR TO A SMALL SHOULDER SPLIT - A VERY GOOD SET OF MARKS FOR: 'WILLIAM MATTHEW' - LONDON 1693. 19.5cm 46gms
 
6200 -  A 'V.GOOD' WLM.III. EARLY DOG-NOSE SPOON - OF DISTINCTLY TREFID FORM WITH BROAD FLAT TAPERING STEM - A 'SUPERB' SET OF HALLMARKS FOR: 'GEORGE COX' - LONDON 1700.   20cm  56gms  
(WILLIAM SCARLETT'S  FIRST APPRENTICE IN 1691 - FREE 1698)
6201 -  A 'V.GOOD' - EARLY QUEEN ANNE DOG-NOSE SPOON - OF DISTINCTLY TREFID FORM WITH BROAD FLAT TAPERING STEM & OF REMARKABLY HEAVY GAUGE - A 'FINE' SET OF HALLMARKS FOR: 'JOHN LADYMAN' - LONDON 1703.   21.5cm  84gms  
6159 - A 'V. GOOD' CHARLES.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL - HEXAGONAL STEM -THE DETAILED BALUSTER TERMINAL WITH TRACES OF GILDING - WELL MARKED FOR: 'DANIEL CARY' - LONDON 1632. 16.6cm 45gms
5930 - A 'V.GOOD' CHARLES.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL & TAPERING HEXAGONAL STEM WITH WELL DETAILED & GILDED BALUSTER TERMINAL - DOT PRICKED: 'I*C OVER I*C 1666' - BY: 'RICHARD CROSS' - LONDON 1637. 17cm 50gms
 
6170 - A RARE EARLY CH.II. TREFID SPOON - BEARING A GOOD SET OF MARKS FOR: 'JOHN KING' - LONDON 1665 20cm 55gms
(THIS IS THE 2ND EARLIEST RECORDED TREFID -  'HOW' NOTES AN EXAMPLE FOR '1662')
5249 - A CHARLES.II. TREFID SPOON WITH V.GOOD RIBBED RAT-TAIL - THE STEM WITH CONTEMPORARY DOT-PRICKED INITIALS: 'TH OVER RA, AN H BETWEEN' BY: THOMAS ALLEN - LONDON 1680/90. THE SPOON IN SUPERB CONDITION BUT THE MARKS NOW VERY RUBBED. 19.3cm 49gms
6053 - A V. GOOD - JAMES.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL & HEXAGONAL STEM WITH WELL DETAILED & GILDED BALUSTER TERMINAL - DOT PRICKED: 'TG' - BY: 'JAMES CLUAT' - LONDON 1617. 16.4cm 38gms
WC100 - A V.GOOD & WELL MARKED 'COMMONWEALTH PERIOD' SLIP-TOP SPOON BY: 'WILLIAM CAREY' - LONDON 1656. 17cm 37gms
ES100 - A 'FINE & SCARCE' - PROVINCIAL 'LACE-BACK' TREFID SPOON - DOT PRICKED: 'W L OVER M C 1706' - VERY WELL MARKED FOR: 'EDWARD SWEET' - DUNSTER C1700/06. 20cm 48gms
5664 - A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL SPOONS WITH STRONG RIBBED STEMS - LATER CRESTED BELOW THE CONTEMPORARY INITIALS: 'EI' - BY: 'WILLIAM SCARLETT' -
LONDON 1713....

5931 - A 'FINE' JAMES.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL - STRONG HEXAGONAL STEM AND WELL DETAILED BALUSTER TERMINAL - DOT PRICKED: 'GC' - BY: 'DANIEL CAREY' - LONDON 1622. 16.6cm 50gms
5990 - A QUEEN ANNE DOG NOSE SPOON - THE STEM END DOT PRICKED: 'H * D OVER 1711' - BY: 'WILLIAM SCARLETT' - LONDON 1711. 20cm 52gms
5984 - A 'FINE' EARLY JAMES.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL - HEXAGONAL STEM TO A 'V.GOOD' BALUSTER TERMINAL - DOT PRICKED: 'E*A OVER 1606' - WELL MARKED WITH TRACES OF GILDING BY: 'MARTIN COTRELL' - LONDON 1605. 17.5cm 56gms
5639 - A QUEEN ANNE - EARLY HANOVERIAN RAT-TAIL BASTING SPOON OF GOOD GAUGE WITH A BROAD RIBBED STEM - THE MAKERS MARK STRUCK 4 TIMES - A 'DUTY DODGER' BY: 'JOHN BROAKE' - LONDON C1710. 295mm (11.6")125gms (4oz)
0553 - A 'FINE' EARLY JAMES.I. APOSTLE SPOON - 'ST. PETER' - FIG SHAPED BOWL INSCRIBED 'ER' - HEXAGONAL STEM TO THE DETAILED FIGURE WITH A PIERCED NIMBUS - A FINE SET OF MARKS FOR: 'WILLIAM CAWDELL' - LONDON 1609. 17.8cm 62gms
0552 - A V.GOOD JAMES.I. APOSTLE SPOON - 'ST. MATTHEW' - FIG SHAPED BOWL INSCRIBED 'M OVER S E' - STRONG HEXAGONAL STEM TO THE SMALL, WELL DETAILED FIGURE WITH RAYED NIMBUS - (A FORM USED 100 YEARS EARLIER) - BY: 'JAMES CLUATT' - LONDON 1615. (ALSO PUNCHED 1515 ?) 18cm 56gms
5921 - AN EARLY QUEEN ANNE - DOG NOSE SPOON - THE BROAD TREFID LIKE STEM WITH A V.GOOD SET OF MARKS FOR: 'EDWARD GIBSON' - LONDON 1702. 20.75cm 60grms
5922 - A WLM.III. CRESTED DOG NOSE SPOON - OF HEAVY GAUGE & EARLY DATE - BY: 'ISAAC DAVENPORT' - LONDON 1699. 19.75 75gms
5251 -  A CHARLES.I. SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL & TAPERING HEXAGONAL STEM WITH BALUSTER TERMINAL - THE MAKERS MARK, 'TH' CONJOINED FOR 'THOMAS HODGES' - LONDON 1638.
5787 - A CHARLES.II. 'DATED LACE-BACK' TREFID SPOON - THE STEM WITH CONTEMPORARY ENGRAVING: 'AW OVER ED OVER 1685' - BY: 'LAWRENCE COLES' - LONDON 1684.
5890 - A WLM & MARY TREFID SWEET MEAT SPOON - ENGRAVED DECORATION & WITH TRACES OF GILDING - THE MAKERS MARK: 'EH' - PROBABLY FOR 'EDWARD HULSE' - LONDON C1690. 11cm
5901 - A JAMES.II. TREFID SPOON - THE STEM END INSCRIBED: 'AF OVER EN' & VERY WELL MARKED FOR 'WILLIAM SWADLING' - LONDON 1685. 19.2cm 44gms
5802 - AN INTERESTING QUEEN ANNE DOG-NOSE SPOON - THE STEM END WITH A LATER CREST - BY: 'WILLIAM BURRIDGE', WHO, IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE,WAS BOUND APPRENTICE IN 1675, ONLY REGISTERING HIS FIRST MARK, THE YEAR OF THIS SPOON - LONDON 1706. 20cm 42gms
5580 - A QUEEN ANNE DOG-NOSE SPOON - THE STEM NICELY ENGRAVED WITH A CIPHER ABOVE 'BM' - BY: 'LAWRENCE JONES' - LONDON 1706.

 

PCC01 - A 'V.GOOD' WILLIAM & MARY TREFID SPOON WITH REEDED RAT-TAIL - THE STEM END INSCRIBED: 'IB OVER IB' - VERY WELL MARKED FOR; 'LAWRENCE COLES' - LONDON 1691. 19.4cm 48gms
5788 - A  'V.GOOD' CHARLES.I. GILDED SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL & TAPERING HEXAGONAL STEM TO A SMALL BALUSTER TERMINAL - BY: 'THOMAS HODGES' - LONDON 1640.
5782 - A WLM & MARY TREFID SPOON WITH BROAD RIBBED RAT-TAIL & OF GOOD GAUGE - THE STEM END INSCRIBED: 'EK' TO THE BACK & 'R OVER DM' TO THE FRONT - BY: 'LAWRENCE COLES' - LONDON 1692....
5783 - A 'GOOD' COMMONWEALTH 'SLIP-TOP' SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL & REVERSE TAPERING, HEXAGONAL STEM & OF GOOD GAUGE - BY: 'JEREMY JOHNSON' - LONDON 1653.

5626 - A 'FINE' LATE COMMONWEALTH PERIOD SEAL-TOP SPOON - FIG SHAPED BOWL & TAPERING HEXAGONAL STEM TO A 'FINE' BALUSTER TERMINAL INSCRIBED 'IN OVER 1662' - BY: 'STEVEN VENABLES' - LONDON C1660. (DATE LETTER NOT STRUCK).

5749 - A GEO.I. RAT-TAIL MARROW SPOON - THE BOWL INSCRIBED: 'H OVER TE' OF HEAVY GAUGE & BRITANNIA STANDARD - BY: 'CHARLES JACKSON' - LONDON 1722..
5784 - A LATE C17TH SWEETMEAT SPOON - THE STEM &  RAT-TAIL BOWL WITH FOLIATE DECORATION - A MAKERS MARK PARTLY OBSCURED - LONDON C1690.
5780 - A 'FINE' LATE C17th NORWEGIAN SPOON - THE BOWL WITH A DATED INSCRIPTION - THE STEM DECORATED IN THE TYPICAL MANNER AND STRUCK WITH THE CLEAR MARK OF: 'MICHAEL OLSEN' - BERGEN 1698. 15.3cm 19gms