A pair of 17th century West Country silver Apostle spoons, St. Peter and St. James the Less, by William Corseley, Gloucester circa 1663, fig-shaped bowls, faceted tapering stems, gilded initials, each nimbus prick-dot initialled 'R*B' '1663' over 'I*M', and 'S*B' over '1663' over 'I*M', length 17.8cm, approx. weight 2.8oz. (2) Provenance: A Private Collection. The Corbett Collection. Illustrated and written up in How, G., and How J., English and Scottish Silver Spoons, 1953, Volume Two, Chapter III, Section II, Plate 63, pages 174/5.