A RARE GOLD MOUNTED DENDRITIC AGATE SPOON

A RARE GOLD MOUNTED DENDRITIC AGATE SPOON

LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY

the oval bowl with ridged decoration to the underside, the gold mount decorated with panels of leaves, scrolls and lozenges, with a beaded collar, the stem now separate and lacking its finial

16.7cm long

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918), the Lawrence Room, Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Literature

Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring'. 1918. Listed as 'Two spoons of agate and onyx, with gold filigree mounts, £20.0.0.'