By The Guild of Handicraft Ltd

By The Guild of Handicraft Ltd, an Edwardian silver butter spade,

London 1902,

spot-hammered oar shaped body with a pierced scroll wirework finial set with a carnelion

length 13.8cm, approx. weight 1.2oz.

For an copy of a drawing of a similar shaped item, see Modern English Silver work: An Essay by C.R.Ashbee, Alan Crawford and Shirley Bury Edition, 1974, plate 19.