ASSEMBLED SET OF 4 WILLIAM & MARY / WILLIAM III SILVER TREFID SPOONS
Francis Archbold, 1698, 1699 (2);1694 (1) John Cory; 1692 (1) (mark illegible, possibly Archbold) London, Each Crested en Suite
Comprising four trefid spoons crested en suite to the front with a talbot’s head out of a mural coronet:
2 Britannia silver spoons by Francis Archbold, dated 1698 and 1699 (Grimwade #82), each with a reeded rattail attachment, one scratch engraved MB verso,
2 silver examples:
1694, John Cory (marks partially struck & rubbed (see London Silver Spoonmakers, 1500-1697, Tim Kent. p. 49, #59)with beaded rattail attachment;1692, with reeded rattail attachment, illegible maker's mark, the punch shape similar to that of Francis Archbold
5.9 oz. total weight
7 5/8" Long (3), 7 3/4" (1)