A DUTCH SILVER BASTING SPOON WITH MARROW SCOOP

AMSTERDAM, 1778, MAKER'S MARK IS

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A DUTCH SILVER BASTING SPOON WITH MARROW SCOOP
Amsterdam, 1778, maker's mark IS
The tubular handle with reeded bands and with baluster finial, threaded at the mid-band to reveal a detachable marrow scoop, marked on reverse of bowl
17in. (43.3cm.) long, the marrow scoop 9.3/8in. (23.7cm.) long; 9oz. (284gr.)

拍品專文

A nearly identical basting spoon, also with hidden marrow scoop, is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. Made in 1777 by Jacobus Helweg of Amsterdam, it is illustrated in Jan Rudolph de Lorm, Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, Rijksmuseum, n.d. [1999], p. 409, fig. 290.