A pair of Charles II sterling silver lace back trefid spoon, London circa 1670 by Jeremy Johnson

With ornate die stamped scrolls to the front, the rat tail heel of oval bowl oval shaped bowls with scrolls. Virginal erased. Each fully marked, date letter obliterated. (2)

Length – 19 cm / 7.5 inches

Weight – 103 grams / 3.31 ozt

This mark attributed by Timothy Kent 1981. Jeremy Johnson was apprenticed to spoon maker Edward Hole for nine years from Lady Day 1633 and turned over to John Gellibrand circa 1636 and free 22 May 1640. For the 1666 Hearth Tax he had four hearths in north side of Lombard Street. Most of the spoons found bearing Johnson’s mark are seal top or puritan spoons, as the fashion for trefids grew in the 1660’s it is likely he produced trifid spoons for a comparatively short period of time before dying.

A plain Trefid spoon also with obliterated date letter by Johnson was sold Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 29 Oct 2019, Lot 239 (£475 incl. premium).