Lot 38

A mid 17th-Century Dutch silver spoon





Silver & Objets de Vertu | 728
Auction: 7 March 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Estimate: £600 - £800
Description
maker unknown, Hoorn, 1660, the cast finial of a side facing lion seated holding a heraldic shield, above a two stage wrythen and flat section stem, foliate engraved lower section, circular bowl, with assay scrape and marks to upper section of reverse
Dimensions
Length: 18.3cm, weight: 48.4g
Footnote
Exhibition:
Early European Spoons, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1977, Catalogue number 95 (probably this spoon)




