Silver, Early Spoons & Collectors' Items - 25th April 2006
Lot 433
An Elizabeth I unascribed provincial maiden head spoon
Estimate £2,500 - £3,000
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Description
An Elizabeth I unascribed provincial maiden head spoon, the finial with gilding, rudimentary V rattail, struck once in the bowl with a fleur-de-lis mark within a shaped outline*, unascribed, circa 1580, 6.35in (16.2cm), 1oz. *Literature: See Jackson Revised pp. 523, second item for a drawing of this mark as seen on a maiden head spoon, circa 1580, see also inset photograph of same courtesy Phillips.
