Lot 27
A mid 17th-Century Norwegian silver spoon
Silver & Objets de Vertu | 728
Auction: 7 March 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Estimate: £700 - £900
Description
Christen Hansen, c.1650, with cast fruiting bud finial above simple tapered stem with foliate details, the reverse of the ovoid bowl with banner engraved dated ‘1707’ above and initials ‘O+o+s= K=P=D’ within, marked to base of stem
Dimensions
Length: 17.2cm, weight: 50.4g
Footnote
Exhibition: Early European Spoons, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1977, Catalogue number 249 (believed to be this spoon) Literature: Please note a comparable can be found in Jochen Amme, Historical cutlery. Change of form from the Paleolithic to the modern age Stuttgart 2002 - number 179