THE COTTON SPOON
AN HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT ELIZABETH I SILVER SPOON
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AN HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT ELIZABETH I SILVER SPOON
DATED 1592
With fig-shaped bowl and slipped stem engraved:
*In clyming hye there was a fale,
But yet except the good will of vs all,
Thoughe fortune frounde against our wil,
Yet hope i wel and wil dow still,
For in the Straightes of Magalan,
Captyan Cotton so called by name
Caused me to be maid in ye month of Maye 1592
It is trew yt i saye *
apparently unmarked --6½in. (16.5cm.) long, in fitted leather case accompanied by manuscript notes and photocopies.
DATED 1592
With fig-shaped bowl and slipped stem engraved:
*In clyming hye there was a fale,
But yet except the good will of vs all,
Thoughe fortune frounde against our wil,
Yet hope i wel and wil dow still,
For in the Straightes of Magalan,
Captyan Cotton so called by name
Caused me to be maid in ye month of Maye 1592
It is trew yt i saye *
apparently unmarked --6½in. (16.5cm.) long, in fitted leather case accompanied by manuscript notes and photocopies.