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THE BENSON COLLECTION
(LOTS 301-340)
THE SET WILL BE OFFERED AS A SINGLE LOT, DESCRIBED AS LOT 324, SUBJECT TO A RESERVE PRICE. IF THIS PRICE IS NOT REACHED, THE SET WILL BE OFFERED AS SEPARATE LOTS 324A-F.
THE BENSON APOSTLE SPOONS
A SET OF SIX EDWARD IV PARCEL-GILT SILVER APOSTLE SPOONS
MAKER'S MARK A BIFURCATED CINQUEFOIL IN A DOTTED CIRCA, CIRCA 1475
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THE BENSON APOSTLE SPOONS
A SET OF SIX EDWARD IV PARCEL-GILT SILVER APOSTLE SPOONS
MAKER'S MARK A BIFURCATED CINQUEFOIL IN A DOTTED CIRCA, CIRCA 1475
Each with fig-shaped bowl, the slightly tapering facetted handles terminating in a cast silver-gilt apostle, comprising:
a.) St. Paul, cast looking slightly to the right and holding the long sword in his left hand, his right hand raised in blessing, nimbus lacking, marked in bowl
7 5/8 in. (19.2 cm.) long
2 oz. (62 gr.)
b.) An Apostle lacking his attribute, cast with both arms held in front of him, the nimbus engraved with rays, marked in bowl
7 3/8 in. (18.9 cm.) long
2 oz. (62 gr.)
c.) An Apostle lacking his attribute, from the same casting as b.), cast with both arms held in front of him, the nimbus lacking, marked in bowl
7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) long
1 oz. 19 dwt. (61 gr.)
d.) An Apostle, with part of an attribute, perhaps the key of St. Peter, cast with part of his robe draped over his arm, both arms held in front of him, the nimbus engraved with rays, marked in bowl
7¼ in. (19 cm.) long
2 oz. 1 dwt. (63 gr.)
e.) An Apostle, with part of an attribute, perhaps the flaying knife of St. Bartholomew, from the same casting as d.), cast with part of his robe draped over his arm, both arms held in front of him, the nimbus lacking, marked in bowl
7 3/8 in. (18.9 cm.) long
1 oz. 19 dwt. (60 gr.)
f.) An Apostle lacking his attribute, from the same casting as a.), cast looking slightly to the right, his right hand raised in blessing, nimbus lacking, marked in bowl
7¼ in. (19 cm.) long
2 oz. 1 dwt. (64 gr.)
12 oz. (374 gr.) (6)
A SET OF SIX EDWARD IV PARCEL-GILT SILVER APOSTLE SPOONS
MAKER'S MARK A BIFURCATED CINQUEFOIL IN A DOTTED CIRCA, CIRCA 1475
Each with fig-shaped bowl, the slightly tapering facetted handles terminating in a cast silver-gilt apostle, comprising:
a.) St. Paul, cast looking slightly to the right and holding the long sword in his left hand, his right hand raised in blessing, nimbus lacking, marked in bowl
7 5/8 in. (19.2 cm.) long
2 oz. (62 gr.)
b.) An Apostle lacking his attribute, cast with both arms held in front of him, the nimbus engraved with rays, marked in bowl
7 3/8 in. (18.9 cm.) long
2 oz. (62 gr.)
c.) An Apostle lacking his attribute, from the same casting as b.), cast with both arms held in front of him, the nimbus lacking, marked in bowl
7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) long
1 oz. 19 dwt. (61 gr.)
d.) An Apostle, with part of an attribute, perhaps the key of St. Peter, cast with part of his robe draped over his arm, both arms held in front of him, the nimbus engraved with rays, marked in bowl
7¼ in. (19 cm.) long
2 oz. 1 dwt. (63 gr.)
e.) An Apostle, with part of an attribute, perhaps the flaying knife of St. Bartholomew, from the same casting as d.), cast with part of his robe draped over his arm, both arms held in front of him, the nimbus lacking, marked in bowl
7 3/8 in. (18.9 cm.) long
1 oz. 19 dwt. (60 gr.)
f.) An Apostle lacking his attribute, from the same casting as a.), cast looking slightly to the right, his right hand raised in blessing, nimbus lacking, marked in bowl
7¼ in. (19 cm.) long
2 oz. 1 dwt. (64 gr.)
12 oz. (374 gr.) (6)
Provenance
The Benson Collection by 1952.
Literature
Commander G. E. P. How and J. P. How, English and Scottish Silver Spoons, Mediaeval to Late Stuart and Pre-Elizabethan Hallmarks on English Plate, London, 1952, vol. II, pp. 66-69, pl. 11 and 12.
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 55-70, nos. 17-22.
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 55-70, nos. 17-22.
Exhibited
On loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2006-2012.
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Matilda Burn