Queen Anne EXETER SILVER TREFID SPOON, 1709 by John Elston BRITANNIA Antique
Quality Silver - Sensible Prices. We are offering for sale an excellent. West Country silver trefid spoon that has survived in remarkably fine condition and also benefits from a clear set of hallmarks. The spoon has a good, deep bowl with original tip intact, a nice hefty weight in the hand and a pronounced trefid terminal.
The reverse of the bowl has a crisp rattail with bead decoration. The reverse terminal is engraved with original dot-pricked betrothal initials with flourishes and the "1709" date is a good, desirable, additional feature. The spoon has a great set of Britannia Standard Exeter hallmarks and a fine original patina - an excellent all round spoon. Please view our specialist site for a further large selection of fine quality Victorian, Georgian and earlier silver.
22cm (8.7) long; 61 grams weight. Full set of English hallmarks (guaranteeing Britannia 958 standard silver) for Exeter 1709 by John Elston. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any further questions.We have been dealing in antique silver for 25 years and supply some of the UK's leading retail outlets with top quality stock. We enjoy a strong reputation for honesty and integrity and never sell second rate items. As leading specialists in the field of fine antique silver, we have two sites. Explains the impact of the recent high metal prices on antique sterling silver and explains how to best take advantage of the situation.
The item "Queen Anne EXETER SILVER TREFID SPOON, 1709 by John Elston BRITANNIA Antique" is in sale since Saturday, November 21, 2020. This item is in the category "Antiques\Silver\Solid Silver\Cutlery".
The seller is "sunbeau" and is located in Royal Forest of Dean. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Product: Trefid Spoon
- Style: Queen Anne
- Age: Pre-1800
- Material: Solid Silver
- Pattern: Trefid
- Antique: Yes
- Composition: Solid Silver
- Brand: John Elston