Record ID: PAS-60FAB6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Silver spoon with ovoid bowl, thickness 1.5mm The stem is of rectangular section with a chamfered end, engraved with three indistinct initials, perhaps A above F and M. In the bowl, near the join to the stem, is the leopard's head crowned for London. On the underside of the stem, three marks: near the tip, a date letter for London, indistinct but possibly that for 1649 ( Jackson, English Goldsmiths and their marks. London 1921, p.83). At the base of the stem, two further marks; the lion passant for London, and, nearest the bowl, a maker's mark which has yet to be identified. To…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2022
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