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THE BENSON COLLECTION
(LOTS 301-340)
AN ITALIAN MEDIEVAL SILVER FORK
CIRCA 1400
Details
AN ITALIAN MEDIEVAL SILVER FORK
CIRCA 1400
The tubular handle with a central reeded knop and a diamond-point finial, with two tines
5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) long
5 dwt. (8 gr.)
CIRCA 1400
The tubular handle with a central reeded knop and a diamond-point finial, with two tines
5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) long
5 dwt. (8 gr.)
Provenance
The Benson Collection.
Literature
D. J. E. Constable, The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Golden Cross, 2012, pp. 124-125, no. 46.
Exhibited
On loan to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2006-2012.
Brought to you by
Matilda Burn