Lot 102
A rare Charles II trefid spoon
Auction: 16 August 2011 at 12:00 BST
£8,125
Description
James Cockburn, Edinburgh 1682, Assay Master John Borthwick, with pronounced trefid terminal, the reverse engraved with initials 'EK', the reverse of bowl with moulded ribbed rat tail
Dimensions
18.2cm long, 58.6g
Footnote
Note: While various single and part sets of trefid spoons are recorded for 1681 - 1682 (with date letter A), this is one of only a handful recorded for 1682 - 1683 and is a particularly nice example of the date letter 'b' the second date letter in the cycles struck in Scotland.