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THE BENSON COLLECTION
(LOTS 301-340)
A ROMAN SILVER SPOON
CIRCA 350 A.D.
Details
A ROMAN SILVER SPOON
CIRCA 350 A.D.
The circular bowl with rat-tail, with tapering facetted handle
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) long
2 dwt. (0.32 gr.)
CIRCA 350 A.D.
The circular bowl with rat-tail, with tapering facetted handle
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) long
2 dwt. (0.32 gr.)
Provenance
Excavated in London, circa 1950 and presented to Mrs. How.
The Benson Collection by 1952.
The Benson Collection by 1952.
Literature
Commander G. E. P. How and J. P. How, English and Scottish Silver Spoons, Mediaeval to Late Stuart and Pre-Elizabethan Hallmarks on English Plate, London, 1952, vol. 1, p. 364, pl. 7.
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 20-21, no. 2.
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 20-21, no. 2.
Exhibited
On loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2006-2012.
Brought to you by
Matilda Burn
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