Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018
Lot 850
The Cookson Romano-British Spoon
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £550
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Description
The Cookson Romano-British Spoon, circa 480
fig-shaped bowl, flattened stem and tapering handle, length 14.2cm, approx. weight 0.2oz,
Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Fine Silver and Vertu, 29 November 2005, lot 144.
The Cookson Collection, Commander GEP How, English and Scottish Silver Spoons, London, 1952, Volume I, Chapter I, Section I, plate I.
Sotheby's London, 26 February 1976, lot 114.
Sotheby's London, 21 February 1985, lot 65.