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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
18-Dec-2023
Lot No.
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Description:
Early Charles II 'London Forgery' apostle spoon, circa 1630, probably Samuel Cawley of Exeter, hallmarked c.1655 with a fig-shaped bowl engraved with initials H.I, flattened stem, with gilt figural finial. Length 20.5 cm, weight 42 gm. Related Examples: Timothy Kent, West country Spoons, .H. Bourdon-Smith limited 1992, p.5 and p.73. Timothy Kent, 'The London Forgery group revisited', The antique spoon Collectors' Magazine, March/April 2011, vol. 21/04, p.3 . Catalogue of a Remarkable collection of 16th and 17th century provincial silver spoons incorporating the Entire collection Lef by the late H. D. Ellis, Esq, Sotheby's, London, 13 and 14 November, 1935, lots 83 to 88
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Category:
Unclassified