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THE BENSON COLLECTION
(LOTS 301-340)
A HENRY VII SILVER HEXAGONAL-KNOP SPOON
CIRCA 1490
Details
A HENRY VII SILVER HEXAGONAL-KNOP SPOON
CIRCA 1490
The fig-shaped bowl with facetted slightly tapering handle, terminating in a cast hexagonal finial with reeded pediment, the back of the bowl engraved with initials
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) long
9 dwt. (14 gr.)
CIRCA 1490
The fig-shaped bowl with facetted slightly tapering handle, terminating in a cast hexagonal finial with reeded pediment, the back of the bowl engraved with initials
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) long
9 dwt. (14 gr.)
Provenance
The Benson Collection by 1952.
Literature
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 77-78, no. 25.
Exhibited
Toronto, The Royal Ontario Museum, Seven Centuries of English Domestic Silver, January to March 1958, no. A.11 (lent by Miss J. P. Benson).
On loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2006-2012.
On loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2006-2012.
Brought to you by
Matilda Burn
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