A few examples of appraisal values for
ANTIQUE SILVER SPOON

• Jeremy Johnson. Charles II Puritan spoon.
  Jeremy Johnson. Charles II Puritan spoon. 1662, sterling silver. 7½ h in. result: $4,225. estimate: $1,000–1,500. Features oval bowl with tapering stem. Marked on bowl and reverse of stem. Obverse of stem engraved ‘William Taunton Borne good friday the 13th April 1655 Baptised the 24th of the same month 1655’, the reverse engraved ‘S/AD 1708’. 1.8 ozt. Provenance: Christie's, London, Antique Silver Spoons, 14 October 1987, Lot 115 | Private Collection
• . Charles I provincial Apostle spoons,
  . Charles I provincial Apostle spoons, collection of three. c. 1630-40, silver, silver-gilt. result: $3,250. estimate: $2,000–3,000. Spoons feature fig-shaped bowls, tapering faceted stems, and silver-gilt Apostle finials: Mark an escallop (Jackson, Rev. ed., pg. 317, line 2), probably Salisbury, c. 1640. Nimbus prick-engraved ‘M.R/A.H/1646’. Marked in bowl and three times on back of stem. Measures 7.6875 h inches, 1.8 ozt. Unascribed (Jackson, Rev. ed., pg. 523, line 11) with dove nimbus, c. 1630. Bowl prick-engraved ‘IA/MT’. Marked in bowl and three times on back of stem with mark a half fleur-de-lys/device in a shaped surround. Measures 7.125 h inches, 1.7 ozt. Mark a six petal flower, c. 1630. Nimbus prick-engraved ‘RH/1653/IS’. Marked in bowl. Measures 7.1875 h inches, 1.6 ozt. Provenance: Antique Silver Spoons, Gloucestershire (mark a six petal flower) | Phillips, London, 23 February 2001, Lot 214 (mark an escallop) | Private Collection
• Edward Hole (Holles). Charles I Apostle
  Edward Hole (Holles). Charles I Apostle spoon. c. 1629, sterling silver. 7? h in. result: $3,900. estimate: $1,500–2,500. Features fig-shaped bowl, tapering faceted stem, and gilt Apostle finial of St. James the Greater, the nimbus with rays. Marked to bowl and stem. 1.8 ozt. Sold with two additional spoons: Elizabethan seal-top spoon, marked a dove holding olive branch (Jackson, Rev. ed, pg. 105, line 1), possibly Noah Farmer, London, 1602. Finial engraved ‘ER’, the reverse of stem engraved ‘Breadalbane’. Marked to bowl and stem. Measures 6.375 h inches, 1.1 ozt. Charles I slip-end spoon by William Cary, London, c. 1645. Marked to bowl and stem, the reverse of bowl marked ‘B/NI’. Measures 6.375 h inches, 1.2. ozt. Provenance: Collection of Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane (1851-1922) (seal-top spoon) | Antique Silver Spoons, Gloucestershire (Apostle and seal-top spoons) | Private Collection
• William Cawdell. Elizabethan seal-top
  William Cawdell. Elizabethan seal-top spoon. 1597, sterling silver. 6¾ h in. result: $3,120. estimate: $1,000–1,500. Features fig-shaped bowl and faceted tapering stem. Finial prick-engraved ‘E*D’. Marked to bowl and stem.Sold with a hand-written note from Charles Oman and the original Biggs of Maidenhead box and label. 1.8 ozt. Provenance: Acquired in 1951 from Biggs of Maidenhead, Ltd. by Charles Oman | Antique Silver Spoons | Private Collection
• . George I/III taper sticks, collection
  . George I/III taper sticks, collection of four. 1717-63, sterling silver, Britannia standard. 5½ h × 3½ w in. result: $4,063. estimate: $2,000–3,000. Hexagonal form in the Britannia standard, engraved with a crest by William Scarlett, 1717 Silver-gilt harlequin form, apparently unmarked, c. 1760 Silver-gilt hexagonal form engraved ‘SC’ beneath a baron's coronet by William Cafe, 1763 Square-shaped by Thomas Gilpin, 1745 Marked to base of Scarlett example and to underside of two other examples. 16.1 ozt. Provenance: Antique Silver Spoons, Gloucestershire (Scarlett taper stick) | Private Collection