ASSEMBLED SET OF 4 WILLIAM & MARY / WILLIAM III SILVER TREFID SPOONS
Francis Archbold, 1698, 1699 (2);
1694 (1) John Cory; 1692 (1) (mark illegible, possibly Archbold)
London, Each Crested en Suite
Left to Right: Francis Archbold, 1698, 1699; 1692, mark rubbed; John Cory, 1694
Left to Right: Francis Archbold, 1698, 1699; 1692, mark rubbed; John Cory, 1694
Archbold marks - Grimwade #82 (A & R visible in each)
Terminal flaw visible at right end of lower spoon (minor and to verso only)
Left: Illegible - 1692, possibly also Archbold
Right: I below crown within shield (Tim Kent # 59, p. 49)
Comprising four trefid spoons crested en suite to the front with a talbot’s head out of a mural coronet:
2 Britannia silver spoons by Francis Archbold, dated 1698 and 1699 (Grimwade #82),
each with a reeded rattail attachment, one scratch engraved MB verso,
2 silver examples:
1694, John Cory (marks partially struck & rubbed (see London Silver Spoonmakers, 1500-1697, Tim Kent. p. 49, #59)
with beaded rattail attachment;
1692, with reeded rattail attachment, illegible maker's mark, the punch shape similar to that of Francis Archbold
Condition: Very good; all maker's marks rubbed; no repairs or reductions;
1692 example with a very minor flaw to the verso stem, visible above
5.9 oz. total weight
7 5/8" Long (3), 7 3/4" (1)
3250.00
#5766
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