Spoon

Description
A Charles II Taunton Apostle spoon, the gilt finial without emblem. Typical plain disc nimbus pricked EK over IC with the date 1669. Fine Tau-and-tun mark in bowl, on stem maker's mark of Thomas Dare II (1643-1685). A fine solidly-made spoon.
Accession Loan No.
TTNCM : 74.Z.14
Collection Class
Decorative Art
Common Name
spoon
Simple Name
spoon
Production Person Surname
Dare (II) (1643-1685)
Production Person Initials
Thomas
Period Classification
Post-Medieval (AD 1500-1800)
Production Date
1669
Production Town
Taunton
Production County
Somerset
Production Country
England
Production Continent
Europe
Material
metal, silver gilt
Inscription / Transcription
finial pricked: EK 1669 IC; mm: TD

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