Silver - Day One - 25th January 2011

Lot 469

A George IV silver Gibson medicine spoon

Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £700

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Description

A George IV silver Gibson medicine spoon, maker's mark of Charles Gibson, London 1828, also inscribed C. Gibson, inventor, 71 Bishopsgate St within, hinged cover tapering handle, length 3.4cm, approx. weight 1.1oz. For other examples see, 'Antique Medical Instruments', by Elizabeth Bennion, Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, 1979, page 251.