Details
A Scandinavian spoon with spiral-twist stem, the reverse of the bowl engraved with initials and date within a wreath cartouche, the interior of the bowl engraved with foliage and strapwork and with a vacant cartouche formed from a serpent, applied with a part-engraved spherical terminal part-engraved with foliage and inset with five red pastes, partly mid 17th Century, the terminal probably later.
Further details
By repute this spoon was used as an anointing spoon by Bishop Webb, Dean of Salisbury Cathedral, or by Dr. Bourne, Treasurer of the Cathedral. It passed to the present owner by descent from Cyprian Webb, Chancellor of the Cathedral.