An Elizabeth I seal-top spoon,
An Elizabeth I seal-top spoon,

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An Elizabeth I seal-top spoon,
the baluster terminal with traces of gilding, decorated with fluting and stylised floral motifs and pricked "1502 D.P." maker's mark a crescent enclosing a mullet* 1583 - 16.5cm long, 1.5oz.
* Literature: Jackson's Revised pp.93 for a detail of this mark as seen on many spoons.