TWO QUEEN ANNE SILVER SPOONS, MARK OF JOHN AVERY OF EXETER, 1709, BRITTANIA STANDARD

TWO QUEEN ANNE SILVER SPOONS
MARK OF JOHN AVERY OF EXETER, 1709, BRITTANIA STANDARD
Each with rat-tail bowl and trefid handle, prick engraved 'SP / IT / 1712' and 'ID / 1712' marked on handle, in a fitted green leather case with two engraved silver presentation inscriptions; together with a pair of silver spoons in the Elizabethan style, mark of Hicklenton & Phillips, London, 1937 engraved 'Mercer's Company George VI 1937' and 'TH'
7 oz. 4 dwt. (225 gr.)
The inscriptions to the fitted box of the Queen Anne spoons read 'The gift of the Women Students / to Her Royal Highness the / Duchess of Gloucester / at the laying of the / Foundation Stone of the Library of the / University College of the South West, / Exeter, October 20th 1937.' and 'A pair of Queen Anne flat stem / spoons with trifid handles made by / John Audry of Exeter in 1704 and / 1709. The backs of the Spoons are pricked/ with initials 1704/ S.P. / I.T / 1712 / P / I.D.'

Pre-Lot Text
Property from T.R.H. The Dukes of Gloucester