UNMARKED, PROBABLY SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY

Details

A set of twelve German parcel-gilt Apostle spoons
unmarked, probably second half of the 17th century
Each with fig-shaped bowl and plain stem of rectangular section, with grotesque mask lower terminal extending to a rat-tail on the reverse, the terminals each formed as a different Apostle, the stems each engraved with a different inscription, the upper bowl of each engraved with a coat-of-arms
each 7 1/8in, (18.2cm.) long
19oz. (617gr.)
The inscriptions are abbreviated lines from the Apostolic Creed in Latin.

The arms are those of a Cardinal. (12)

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Lot Essay

The inscriptions read,

(CR)EDO IN DEU^S PATRE^S OMNIPOTE^NTEM
ET IN IHESUM CHRISTUM FILIU^S EIUS
CONCEPTUV EST DE SPIRITU^S SANCTO
CRUCIFIXUS MORTUUS ET SEPULTUS
TERTIA DIE RESURREXIT A MORTUIS
ASCENDIT AD COELOS
VE^NTURUS EST IUDICARE VIVOS + MORTUOS
CREDO IN SPIRITUM SANCTUM
SANCTAM ECCLESIAM CATHOLICAM
SANCTORUM COMUNIONE^S REMISSIONEM
CARNIS RESURRECTIONEM
VITAM AETERNAM AMEN

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