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THE BENSON COLLECTION
(LOTS 301-340)
A HENRY VII PARCEL-GILT SILVER APOSTLE SPOON
CIRCA 1500
Details
A HENRY VII PARCEL-GILT SILVER APOSTLE SPOON
CIRCA 1500
The fig-shaped bowl with facetted tapering handle, terminating in a silver-gilt finial cast as St. Philip, holding in his right hand the three loaves, on a reeded pediment, the back of the bowl later engraved with initials 'EP', marked in bowl
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) long
1 oz. 9 dwt. (44 gr.)
CIRCA 1500
The fig-shaped bowl with facetted tapering handle, terminating in a silver-gilt finial cast as St. Philip, holding in his right hand the three loaves, on a reeded pediment, the back of the bowl later engraved with initials 'EP', marked in bowl
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) long
1 oz. 9 dwt. (44 gr.)
Provenance
The Biggs Collection; Christie's, London, 20 September 1978, lot 37 (£3,600 to How).
The Benson Collection.
The Benson Collection.
Literature
H. D. Ellis, 'Some Steps in the Evolution of the Apostle Spoon, The Burlington Magazine, vol. 23, no. 125, August 1913, p. 284, illustrated p. 285.
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, 1953, vol. II, p. 72, pl. 13.
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 94-97, no. 32.
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, 1953, vol. II, p. 72, pl. 13.
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 94-97, no. 32.
Exhibited
On loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2006-2012.
Brought to you by
Matilda Burn
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