Museum number
S272
Object
Seal-top spoon, silver, later gilded, English, Wessex area, about 1630
Description
Seal-top spoon. Baluster knop (worn) Hexagonal stem, bowl repaired. Similar mark onS 269
Materials
Silver - Silver-gilt
Inscription
Fleurs-de-lys within beaded circle. Possibly Sherborne or the Wessex area c. 1630.
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
Spoon
Dimensions
regular: 18.2cm (d)
Seal-top spoon English Silver, later gilded, Wessex area, about 1630 S272 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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