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拍品專文
This apostle spoon is one of six which were believed by Commander and Mrs How to have originally been from a set which are recorded as the earliest apostle spoons marked with a full set of London hallmarks.
The other known examples from the set are as follows:
The Master:
The Collection of Sir Thomas Drew.
?St. Jude:
Mr. L. West; Christie's, London, 28 April 1910, Lot 67.
J. P. Morgan, 1937 inventory.
The Morgan Collection; Christie's, New York, 26 October 1982, lot 59.
How, op. cit., vol. 2, p. 50, pl. 3.
Sir Charles Jackson, The History of Old English Plate, London, 1967 ed., vol. 2, p. 503, figs. 614-617).
St. Andrew:
The Staniforth Collection.
The Jackson Collection, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
How, op. cit. vol. 2, p. 48.
?St. Simon Zelotes:
probably Christie's, London, 5 June 1928, lot 94.
Asprey, exhibited, London, Antique Dealer's Fair, London, 1947.
How, op. cit. vol. 2 , p. 48.
St. James the Greater:
The Stirling Maxwell Collection.
Christie's, London, 14 July 1993, lot 114.
The other known examples from the set are as follows:
The Master:
The Collection of Sir Thomas Drew.
?St. Jude:
Mr. L. West; Christie's, London, 28 April 1910, Lot 67.
J. P. Morgan, 1937 inventory.
The Morgan Collection; Christie's, New York, 26 October 1982, lot 59.
How, op. cit., vol. 2, p. 50, pl. 3.
Sir Charles Jackson, The History of Old English Plate, London, 1967 ed., vol. 2, p. 503, figs. 614-617).
St. Andrew:
The Staniforth Collection.
The Jackson Collection, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
How, op. cit. vol. 2, p. 48.
?St. Simon Zelotes:
probably Christie's, London, 5 June 1928, lot 94.
Asprey, exhibited, London, Antique Dealer's Fair, London, 1947.
How, op. cit. vol. 2 , p. 48.
St. James the Greater:
The Stirling Maxwell Collection.
Christie's, London, 14 July 1993, lot 114.