A FINE AND RARE PROVINCIAL SILVER TREFID SPOON....LEEDS C. 1690
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A FINE AND RARE PROVINCIAL SILVER TREFID SPOON....LEEDS C. 1690:
$371.76
- THIS IS A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE ENGLISH PROVINCIAL SILVER TREFID SPOON.
- MADE AND ASSAYED IN LEEDS, YORKSHIRE IN AROUND 1690.
- IT IS OF EXCELLENT QUALITY, OF GOOD SOLID CONSTRUCTION, LITTLE WEAR TO THE BOWL TIP AND A FINE STRAIGHT STEM.
- THE STEM BEARS THE MAKER`S MARK \"BM\" IN A SHAPED SHEILD...ONCE EITHER SIDE OF A HANGING \"GOLDEN FLEECE\" MARK WHICH HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED AS THE TOWN MARK OF LEEDS(See Pickford/Jackson pp 475)......THE \"BM\" THOUGH UNATTRIBUTED MAY WELL BE ONE OF THE MANGEY FAMILY OF SPOONMAKERS, SEVERAL OF WHOM ARE LISTED AS WORKING IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE AT THIS TIME.
- CONDITION OF THIS STURDY SPOON IS GOOD, THE BOWL IS A FINE EGG SHAPE, THOUGH THE RATTAIL IS VERY WORN...AND THE BACK OF THE STEM HAS THE CONTEMPORARY ENGRAVED INITIALS \"A W\" AND SHOWS SIGNS OF TOOTHMARKS...POSSIBLY HAS BEEN CHEWED AT SOME TIME!
- COLOUR AND PATINA ARE BOTH VERY GOOD...THIS SPOON HAS NOT BEEN OVER CLEANED.
- A FINE AND RARE COLLECTOR`S ITEM....FOR SALE WITH !
- THE SPOON IS 19cms/7.5\" LONG AND WEIGHS 49gms/1.7oz.
- HAPPY Easter.
A FINE AND RARE PROVINCIAL SILVER TREFID SPOON....LEEDS C. 1690:
$371.76