A rare Charles II ascribed West Country decorated Puritan spoon with a flared stem, truncated at the end and stamped on the front side in low relief with a flowering plant motif and pricked "I.H I.S 1670" on the back of the bowl, by John Peard (I), Barnstaple 1670 , (I.P. bowl, fleur-de-lys twice on the back of the stem) - 17.75cm long, 1.25oz. Literature: Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers pp.181 for details and marks of this maker and fig.32 for an illustration of the top of this spoon and plate C also. How, Spoons and Pre-Elizabethan Hallmarks on English Plate , chap.II, sec.XIII, plate 65 for another illustration of this spoon. See Illustration and Details
A rare Charles II ascribed West Country decorated Puritan spoon with a flared stem, truncated at the end and stamped on the front side in low relief with a flowering plant motif and pricked "I.H I.S 1670" on the back of the bowl, by John Peard (I), Barnstaple 1670 , (I.P. bowl, fleur-de-lys twice on the back of the stem) - 17.75cm long, 1.25oz. Literature: Kent, West Country Spoons and their Makers pp.181 for details and marks of this maker and fig.32 for an illustration of the top of this spoon and plate C also. How, Spoons and Pre-Elizabethan Hallmarks on English Plate , chap.II, sec.XIII, plate 65 for another illustration of this spoon. See Illustration and Details
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