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THE BENSON COLLECTION
(LOTS 301-340)
AN ANGLO-SAXON SPOON
7TH-11TH CENTURY
Details
AN ANGLO-SAXON SPOON
7TH-11TH CENTURY
The circular bowl with five pierced holes, with flattened tapering ferrule and tubular handle with loop finial
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) long
7TH-11TH CENTURY
The circular bowl with five pierced holes, with flattened tapering ferrule and tubular handle with loop finial
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) long
Provenance
The Benson Collection by 1952.
Literature
Dr. R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford, Antiquaries' Journal, vol. XXXII, 1952.
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. 366, pl. 8.
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 22-24, no. 3.
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. 366, pl. 8.
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 22-24, no. 3.
Exhibited
On loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2006-2012.
Brought to you by
Matilda Burn
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