An Elizabeth I silver Maidenhead spoon, marked with a pellet mark to the bowl, possibly with a capital I or anchor mark between the pellets, possibly for John Ivie, Salisbury, circa 1600, fig-shaped bowl, the reverse with a rudimentary rat-tail, faceted tapering stem with a gilded maidenhead finial, length 15.8cm, approx. weight 1.1oz. Provenance: The David Constable Collection. Anderson and Garland, Newcastle 15 June 2001, lot 1657. A private deceased estate. Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain 1200-1710, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume 1, pages 320-322 , entry number 51. For a similar John Ivie mark see Kent, T., West Country Silver Spoons and their makers, 1550-1750, J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd., 1992, page 103, entry M.75. Read more »
An Elizabeth I silver Maidenhead spoon, marked with a pellet mark to the bowl, possibly with a capital I or anchor mark between the pellets, possibly for John Ivie, Salisbury, circa 1600, fig-shaped bowl, the reverse with a rudimentary rat-tail, faceted tapering stem with a gilded maidenhead finial, length 15.8cm, approx. weight 1.1oz. Provenance: The David Constable Collection. Anderson and Garland, Newcastle 15 June 2001, lot 1657. A private deceased estate. Illustrated and written up in Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain 1200-1710, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume 1, pages 320-322 , entry number 51. For a similar John Ivie mark see Kent, T., West Country Silver Spoons and their makers, 1550-1750, J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd., 1992, page 103, entry M.75. Read more »
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