Lot 134
A COMMONWEALTH / CHARLES II ASCRIBED WEST COUNTRY APOSTLE SPOON "ST JUDE", with cross and sacred dove nimbus, on a straight-sided stem, pricked on the back of the bowl with the initials "IW" over "IB" over "1666", struck once in the bowl and three times on the back of the stem with "London Forgery Group" marks*, by Samuel Cawley (I), Exeter 1650-66; 7.75" (19.7 cms) long; 1.85 oz
*For further details of these marks and the Cawley workshops see Kent, T.A: West Country Spoons & their Makers pp5, 73, & 74.
