Museum number
S271
Object
Seal-top spoon, silver, later gilded, English, about 1645
Description
Seal-top spoon. Baluster knop, wiyh scroll acanthus and fluting,Unascribed, c. 1645? Gilded. Pricked on seal IS over IK over 1665 flattened hexagonal stem
Materials
Silver - Silver-gilt
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
Spoon
Dimensions
regular: 17.6cm (d)
Seal-top spoon English Silver, later gilded, about 1645 S271 Sir William arranged his extensive collection of early spoons in three circular shields with medals in their centres. These were among the objects he lent to the National Exhibition in Leeds in 1868.

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