Nether Stowey Hoard

English

The Museum of Somerset

17th Century

This hoard consists of four slip top spoons, a goblet and a bell salt and was almost certainly hidden for safekeeping in the 1640s during the English Civil War. The hoard lay close to a royalist garrison at Stowey Court and may have been owned by its occupants or, perhaps more likely, a prosperous local yeoman. The objects were all made in London, including three spoons by the specialist spoon maker John Feake. Feake served his apprenticeship with Somerset-born silversmith Daniel Cary. The bell salt is a particularly rare survival and interesting as it was made by two different makers at different times.

• Medium: silver
• Dimensions: various
• Art Fund Grant: £12500 ( Total: £38,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2010
• Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Provenance

Found by a metal detectorist in Nether Stowey and declared Treasure in 2008.

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