Stuart (1603-1649), Late Jacobean - Early Carolean Cast Silver and Parcel Gilt 'Seal Top' Spoon, 1624/25 [g], .925 Fine [Lion Passant]; unidentified maker's mark "I.P", London [Lion's Head], personalised and pricked "F.W. and E.W." in two lines, 106.5mm. x 7.5mm. x 4.5mm. [stem]; 63.5mm. x 49mm. [bowl]; 21mm. [terminal]; 50.26g [1 oz; 14dwt; 1, 3/4 grns] (Jackson's, English Goldsmith's and their Makers Marks, 1905, pp. 82), lightly scratched and polished with only residual traces of gilding in balustre of terminal, lightly retoned, very fine, the personalised initials neatly pricked and of 17th Century style, scarce.
Provenance,
The Robert P Ball Collection of English Silverware
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Estimate: £400 - £600