
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.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Nether Stowey Hoard, 17th century
Date supported
2010
Medium and material
Silver
Dimensions
Various
Grant
12500
Total cost
38000

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