A late 16th century German silver spoon

A late 16th century German silver spoon, apparently unmarked, circa 1587, fig-shaped bowl, the reverse with engraved foliate decoration and two crests, and inscribed 'H.M', 'V.D.T.C.' and 'V.H, the short handle with a shield terminal, datd '1587', length 11.5cm, approx. weight 1oz. this spoon was part of a silver hoard discovered on the 5th February 1967, when an old house on the Breitenstrasse No.42 in Bad-Hersfeld was demolished. The hoard included twenty-three spoons, four beakers, a pipe-implement, and a silver-gilt tankard. it is likely that the silver was most probably hidden during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) by the family Vonder Tann-von Haune. In 1967 it was exhibited in the local Stadtische Museum in Bad-Herfeld.