DATED 1656

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A RARE ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH BRASS SPIT-ENGINE PLATE
DATED 1656
In the form of a crowned figure with engraved details holding two pikes on a base with twin sea-horses and foliate sprays, engraved with the date and initials in triad form 'F.W.M. 1656'
11 in. (28 cm.) high

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With Alistair Sampson, London, June 1990.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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For similar brass spit-jacks see J. Seymour Lindsay, Iron and Brass Implements of the English House, 1970, fig. 94-7. Figure 94 shows one decorated with the figure of Atlas supporting the world dated 1670, Croft Lyons bequest, Victoria & Albert Museum.