Mid 17th century AD. A simple and unadorned pewter spoon with an ellipsoidal bowl and flat stem; indistinct maker’s mark to bowl; circa 1650 AD; the style is characteristic of the puritan aversion to any form of ornament. See Hilton Price, F. G., Old Base Metal Spoons, Jeremy Mills Publishing, 1908/2007, pl. XI., no.2. 35 grams, 15.2cm (6"). Property of a North London gentleman; previously in the Mundey collection, Richard Mundey was a well-known important London Old Pewter dealer actively trading from at least 1927 to 1990; formerly ex Spink, London, UK.