Spoon. Silver-gilt pear-shaped bowl, cast stem of quadrangular section, interupted near bowl clover leaf terminal, back of bowl engraved with Dutch barge, its sails set and initials ' PH'
Inscription
Unclear and obliterated, probably Dutch, 17th century.
On display?
Yes
Simple name
Spoon
Dimensions
regular: 16.7cm (d)
Spoon
Probably Dutch
Silver-gilt, about 1650
S346
More elaborate than their English counterparts, Dutch spoons were made to commemorate births, marriages and even deaths.
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