Lot Essay
FOR A SIMILAR EXAMPLE SEE J. EMERY, EUROPEAN SPOONS BEFORE 1700, 1976, FIG. 92., P. 143.
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CIRCA 1600
Details
TWO SWISS BURR-MAPLE AND SILVER-MOUNTED SPOONS
CIRCA 1600
ONE WITH FOLDING SILVER STEM AND SLIDING SLEEVE WITH SHIELD TERMINAL INSCRIBED 'M.L.' OVER THE SCRATCHED INITIALS 'I.T.' THE OTHER WITH SIMILAR SOLID STEM, THE SHIELD TERMINAL ENGRAVED 'IOS'
6 IN. (15 CM.) HIGH (4)
CIRCA 1600
ONE WITH FOLDING SILVER STEM AND SLIDING SLEEVE WITH SHIELD TERMINAL INSCRIBED 'M.L.' OVER THE SCRATCHED INITIALS 'I.T.' THE OTHER WITH SIMILAR SOLID STEM, THE SHIELD TERMINAL ENGRAVED 'IOS'
6 IN. (15 CM.) HIGH (4)
Provenance
EUROPEAN WORKS OF ART FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION AND GALLERY OF THE BLUMKA ESTATE, SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK, 9-10 JANUARY 1996, LOT 63.
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