拍品 128
  • 128

PROBABLY SAMUEL CAWLEY, EXETER | Apostle Spoon, St. Peter

估價
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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描述

  • Apostle Spoon, St. Peter
  • maker's mark only a sexafoil with pellets to bowl, circa 1650
  • silver, silver-gilt
  • length: 19cm., 7 1/2 in.; weight: 53.2gr., 1oz. 14dwt.
  • active circa 1645 - 1673
prick-engraved I.N over H.R over 1664, the stem later engraved H.S. 1741

Condition

maker's mark only clear to the bowl. Wear to gilded finial although still fairly good. The bowl with small ding to base, a little thin in places. Otherwise good condition with wear commensurate with age.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

拍品資料及來源

This spoon is part of the so called 'London Forgery Group' which Timonthy Kent discusses on page 5 of his book West Country Silver Spoons and Their Marks 1550-1750. He attributes the marks, which appears mostly, although not exclusively, on spoons of the 1650's, to Samuel Cawley, an Exeter Royalist goldsmith. There were several examples from this group in the collection of H. D. Ellis, Esq. which was sold by Sotheby's in 1935. This included two spoons, both with finials also modelled as St. Peter, bearing the same mark as the present lot (lots 85 and 86).