A PAIR OF 17TH CENTURY JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS TREFID SPOONS
MARK OF GS WITH FLEUR-DE-LYS & CROWN ABOVE, (UNIDENTIFIED), JERSEY
£580
Auction: 17 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
of conventional form, rat tail bowls, engraved MD F to reverse of terminal
Dimensions
19cm long, 2.4oz (combined)
Provenance
A Private East Coast Scottish Collection collected over two generations
Footnote
Literature: Richard Mayne, Channel Islands Silver, 1985, p. 91 and 92, where the mark is discussed
Note:
It has been suggested that the fleur-de-lys on this spoon indicates that this silversmith was of Huguenot descent.