Lot Essay
Cf. the spoon sold in our King Street Rooms on 28 March 2000, lot 13.
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LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY, VENICE
Details
A façon de Venise spoon
Late 17th or early 18th Century, Venice
The oval bowl with traces of gilding remaining to the rim, the square-section stem applied with gilt-enriched bands of zig-zag trailed decoration and studded with red glass 'jewels', the terminal with further gilt trailed decoration and applied 'jewels' beneath a finial of a dove surrounded by four smaller birds
8 in. (20.4 cm.) long
Late 17th or early 18th Century, Venice
The oval bowl with traces of gilding remaining to the rim, the square-section stem applied with gilt-enriched bands of zig-zag trailed decoration and studded with red glass 'jewels', the terminal with further gilt trailed decoration and applied 'jewels' beneath a finial of a dove surrounded by four smaller birds
8 in. (20.4 cm.) long
Special notice
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