Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 13th April - 13th April 2022
Lot 619
A fine Henry VIII silver Apostle spoon
Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £17000
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Description
A fine Henry VIII silver Apostle spoon, St. Thomas,
maker's mark of a fringed S, for William Simpson, London 1533,
fig-shaped bowl, faceted tapering stem, gilded finial, pierced nimbus, the reverse of the bowl with an old collection label, length 17.8cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.
Provenance:
A Private Collection
The Rupert Collection
The Crompton-Roberts Collection.
Illustrated and written up in How, G., and How J., English and Scottish Silver Spoons, 1953, Volume Two, Chapter III, Section II, Plate 30, pages 106/7.