Tudor 'Thames' Pewter Knopped Spoon with Maker's Marks

Comprising two tile designs in relief: three horses in an enclosure; two animals, likely cats, fighting; coloured glazes. 1.29 kg total, 9.9 x 9.1 - 10.2 x 9.3 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

The tile production increased in the second half of the 16th century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area.

Showing figures in an architectural setting, water and landscape beyond; possibly two female attendants, one holding a torch, the other keeping guard, assisting their mistress who has ventured out at dusk to meet her lover; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 528 grams, 32.5 x 23.5 cm

Very fine condition.

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

Group of four silver English threepence coins of George V mounted overlapping as a brooch, with a silver hinged pin. 6.77 grams, 55 mm



Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. Accompanied by an old dealer's ticket.