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THE BENSON COLLECTION
(LOTS 301-340)
A HENRY VII SILVER MAIDENHEAD SPOON
CIRCA 1510, MAKER'S MARK SIX PELLETS WITHIN A CIRCLE
Details
A HENRY VII SILVER MAIDENHEAD SPOON
CIRCA 1510, MAKER'S MARK SIX PELLETS WITHIN A CIRCLE
The fig-shaped bowl with facetted tapering handle, the finial cast as a maidenhead, marked in bowl
6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) long
19 dwt. (30 gr.)
CIRCA 1510, MAKER'S MARK SIX PELLETS WITHIN A CIRCLE
The fig-shaped bowl with facetted tapering handle, the finial cast as a maidenhead, marked in bowl
6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) long
19 dwt. (30 gr.)
Provenance
Hubert Dynes Ellis (d.1925) of 10 Roland Gardens, Old Brompton Road, London.
Lt. Col. John Montague Benett-Stanford.
The Late H. D. Ellis, Esq., now the Property of Lt. Col. J. Benett-Stanford of Pythouse, Tisbury, Wiltshire; Sotheby's, London, 30 May 1935, lot 128.
The Benson Collection, probably acquired after 1957.
Lt. Col. John Montague Benett-Stanford.
The Late H. D. Ellis, Esq., now the Property of Lt. Col. J. Benett-Stanford of Pythouse, Tisbury, Wiltshire; Sotheby's, London, 30 May 1935, lot 128.
The Benson Collection, probably acquired after 1957.
Literature
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 98-99, no. 33.
Exhibited
On loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2006-2012.
Brought to you by
Matilda Burn
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