Lot Essay
Cf. the spoon sold in our King Street Rooms on 28 March 2000, lot 13.
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LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY, VENICE
Details
A façon de Venise spoon
Late 17th or early 18th Century, Venice
The oval bowl with traces of gilding remaining to the rim, with a band of applied bead ornament joining the bowl to the spiral-twist stem, the terminal with similar bead ornament and surmounted by a beaded finial
8¼ in. (21 cm.) long
Late 17th or early 18th Century, Venice
The oval bowl with traces of gilding remaining to the rim, with a band of applied bead ornament joining the bowl to the spiral-twist stem, the terminal with similar bead ornament and surmounted by a beaded finial
8¼ in. (21 cm.) long
Special notice
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