Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 19th April 2023 - 19 Apr 2023
An Elizabeth I silver Seal-top spoon
An Elizabeth I silver Seal-top spoon,
maker's mark of a device, London 1600,
fig-shaped bowl, the reverse with a rudimentary rat-tail, with traces of gilding, the reverse of the bowl with three later petal motifs and a star, probably indicating it is from a collection, faceted tapering stem, seal-top finial with traces of gilding, prick-dot initialled 'MO', length 7.6cm, approx. weight 1.9oz.
For similar engraving of the petal motifs and star, see Constable, D., The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, Constables Publishing, 2012, page 82/83, entry number 27.