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AN ENGLISH PEWTER GILDED-WRYTHEN-BALL KNOP SPOON
- LATE 15TH CENTURY

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AN ENGLISH PEWTER GILDED-WRYTHEN-BALL KNOP SPOON
LATE 15TH CENTURY
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • £420
  • ($840)
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    £500 - £800
  • ($1,000 - $1,599)

Sale Information

Sale 7523
Important Early English Pewter The 'Little' Collection
1 May 2007
London, King Street





Lot Description

AN ENGLISH PEWTER GILDED-WRYTHEN-BALL KNOP SPOON
LATE 15TH CENTURY
6¼in. (16cm.)

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Provenance

Franklin collection. Sotheby's Billingshurst 22nd June 1999, lot 502

Lot Notes

A similar spoon is illustrated in Homer, Five Centuries of Base Metal Spoons, p.42 (top).

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