A rare, ascribed West Country Apostle spoon; St Matthew, of good gauge , the figure terminal with a pierced, spoked nimbus and traces of gilding on a tapering stem with a curved, fig-shaped bowl, berry mark in bowl, makers mark "R.M" struck twice on the back of stem, probably by Robert Matthew, Barnstaple circa 1635 - 18.25cm long, 2oz. Literature: Jackson's Revised pp.311, fifth item (third set of marks) for similar marks. Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers , plate B for an illustration of this spoon, by "John Quick of Barnstaple circa 1620" and pp.110-111 and appendix B for Kent's reason for his attribution. See Illustration
A rare, ascribed West Country Apostle spoon; St Matthew, of good gauge , the figure terminal with a pierced, spoked nimbus and traces of gilding on a tapering stem with a curved, fig-shaped bowl, berry mark in bowl, makers mark "R.M" struck twice on the back of stem, probably by Robert Matthew, Barnstaple circa 1635 - 18.25cm long, 2oz. Literature: Jackson's Revised pp.311, fifth item (third set of marks) for similar marks. Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers , plate B for an illustration of this spoon, by "John Quick of Barnstaple circa 1620" and pp.110-111 and appendix B for Kent's reason for his attribution. See Illustration
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