Spoon
This silver laceback trefid (splitting into three parts) spoon was made by Richard Sweet of Chard in about 1690. The terminal back of the spoon is pricked with the initials IR above the crest of a goat trottant (walking) to dexter (the right).
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 81.DM.204
- Collection Class
- Decorative Art
- Material
- metal, silver
- Common Name
- spoon
- Simple Name
- spoon
- Inscription Transcription
- stamped stem: RS either side of an anchor; IR
- Period Classification
- Post-Medieval (AD 1500-1800)
- Production Town
- Chard
- Production County
- Somerset
- Production Country
- England
- Production Date
- 1690 (about)
- Production Person Initials
- Richard
- Production Person Surname
- Sweet (II)
