Tudor - Rare Elizabethan Silver Seal-Top Spoon > Lot No. 866

Description:
Early 16th century AD. A silver seal-top spoon, the fig-shaped bowl flaring from the hexagonal shaft; the fluted baluster seal knob engraved with a capital 'A' on the rounded upper surface.

Measurements:
65 grams, 190 mm.

Condition:
Generally fine; a few minor dinks and lacquered. A nice example of a rare spoon.

References:
London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940, pl. XXVII; London Antiquities - Guilhall Museum, pl. LXXXI, 5-7.

Provenance:
Ex Bonhams 17834, lot 71. Found on the River Thames foreshore. Recorded with the London Museum. No maker's mark apparent. Possibly of West Country manufacture.

Estimate: £600 - 900 (EUR 740 - 1,120; USD 950 - 1,420)

Auction date: Thursday 9th September 2010 at The Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH

Sold for: £680