Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 13th July - 13th July 2022
Lot 572
A rare Elizabeth I provincial silver Apostle spoon
Estimate £10,000 - £15,000 | Hammer £13000
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Description
A rare Elizabeth I provincial silver Apostle spoon, possibly St. Matthew or St. Thomas,
By Thomas Pinder, York 1585,
fig-shaped bowl, faceted stem, gilded finial, with a rays of glory nimbus
Provenance:
A Private Collection.
Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Early Silver Spoons including the Property of a Lady, 02 May 2001, lot 93.
St Matthew normally carries a builder's square, so a builder's rule is a possibility. However in Rupert, C.G, Apostle spoons 1928, he feels that St. Thomas is a more probable attribution for the finial.