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William Simpson: Maker's Mark 'Fringed S'
The attribution to William Simpson of the maker's mark 'fringed S', which appears on the present spoon, as well as on a great number of other high quality spoons dating from around 1510 to 1545, was made by Timothy Kent (T. Kent, London Silver Spoon Makers, London, 1981, pp. 9-10). Like the other extant apostle spoons by William Simpson the present pair of spoons are of good gauge and with finely cast finials. The finials of St. Bartholomew and St. Simon Zelotes here can be compared to other examples by Simpson such as the Master and Twelve from the Dor collection, (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. 26-27).
For further information on apostle spoons see lot 439.
The attribution to William Simpson of the maker's mark 'fringed S', which appears on the present spoon, as well as on a great number of other high quality spoons dating from around 1510 to 1545, was made by Timothy Kent (T. Kent, London Silver Spoon Makers, London, 1981, pp. 9-10). Like the other extant apostle spoons by William Simpson the present pair of spoons are of good gauge and with finely cast finials. The finials of St. Bartholomew and St. Simon Zelotes here can be compared to other examples by Simpson such as the Master and Twelve from the Dor collection, (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. 26-27).
For further information on apostle spoons see lot 439.