23rd Jan, 2025 9:30
Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver
A Charles I Seal Top Spoon. Fig shaped bowl with V joint to reverse of bowl. Parcel gilt seal top with prick engraved initials T.G & I and prick engraved date of 1625. Provincial, probably West Country. Single mark struck to bowl. 49.1 grams, 17.8 cm length.
This collection of 19 early seal top and apostle spoons have been consigned from the estate of the late Geraldine Kennedy-Wallace Geraldine and her husband Stephen Wallace. Both highly respected and decorated Canadian chemists, they moved to the UK to pursue their academic careers. Stephen was a polymath, also having a degree in music and a diverse range of interests including being a member of the British Silver Society.
This collection has been carefully curated. The spoons are all in excellent condition and represent the work of some of the best known spoon makers of the time.
Sold for £580
Condition Report
The overall condition is good, there are surface scratches consistent with age and use and two slight dents/creases to the bowl.
A Charles I Seal Top Spoon. Fig shaped bowl with V joint to reverse of bowl. Parcel gilt seal top with prick engraved initials T.G & I and prick engraved date of 1625. Provincial, probably West Country. Single mark struck to bowl. 49.1 grams, 17.8 cm length.
ProvenanceThis collection of 19 early seal top and apostle spoons have been consigned from the estate of the late Geraldine Kennedy-Wallace Geraldine and her husband Stephen Wallace. Both highly respected and decorated Canadian chemists, they moved to the UK to pursue their academic careers. Stephen was a polymath, also having a degree in music and a diverse range of interests including being a member of the British Silver Society.
This collection has been carefully curated. The spoons are all in excellent condition and represent the work of some of the best known spoon makers of the time.
