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Lot Essay
Lion Sejant Spoons
The term sejant is derived from the Old French 'seiant' meaning 'to sit' and is used particularly in heraldry to describe an animal sitting with its fore legs upright. Lions were first depicted in this way as the finial on spoons in the 16th century and continued to be popular into the 17th century. Another 16th century example, marked for London, 1548 is illustrated by Commander and Mrs How (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. I, pp. 132-133, pl. 7).
The term sejant is derived from the Old French 'seiant' meaning 'to sit' and is used particularly in heraldry to describe an animal sitting with its fore legs upright. Lions were first depicted in this way as the finial on spoons in the 16th century and continued to be popular into the 17th century. Another 16th century example, marked for London, 1548 is illustrated by Commander and Mrs How (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. I, pp. 132-133, pl. 7).