Details
A rare pair of Henry VII slip-top spoons
with deeply curved fig-shaped bowls and tapering hexagonal stems swelling towards the ends, with traces of gilding on the terminals, makers mark a hand or foot?* 1501 - 14.75cm and 14.6cm long respectively, 2oz.
Literature:
Jackson's Revised, pp.88 for an illustration of this mark, as seen on two slip-top spoons dated 1501.
How, Silver Spoons and Pre-Elizabeth I Hallmarks on English Plate for illustrations and details of this pair of spoons, vol.I, pp. 278-279. Provenance:
Present Owner
Collection of Maitre Leopold Dor
Sold at dispersal of part of the Noble Collection, Christie's 1944.
See Illustration and Details
with deeply curved fig-shaped bowls and tapering hexagonal stems swelling towards the ends, with traces of gilding on the terminals, makers mark a hand or foot?* 1501 - 14.75cm and 14.6cm long respectively, 2oz.
Literature:
Jackson's Revised, pp.88 for an illustration of this mark, as seen on two slip-top spoons dated 1501.
How, Silver Spoons and Pre-Elizabeth I Hallmarks on English Plate for illustrations and details of this pair of spoons, vol.I, pp. 278-279. Provenance:
Present Owner
Collection of Maitre Leopold Dor
Sold at dispersal of part of the Noble Collection, Christie's 1944.
See Illustration and Details