Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 19th April 2023 - 19 Apr 2023
A Mary I silver Apostle spoon
A Mary I silver Apostle spoon, St Peter,
maker's mark of a crescent enclosing a star, for Nicholas Bartholomew, London 1553,
fig-shaped bowl, the reverse scratch initialled 'RV' tapering faceted stem, with a gilded Apostle finial holding a large key, damage to the pierced nimbus, the reverse of the bowl with an old collection label, length 18cm, approx. weight 1.8oz.
Provenance:
A Private Collection.
For maker's mark see Constable, D., Silver Spoons of Britain,1200-1700, Constables Publishing, 2016, Volume II, page 991.