A guide to the Mediaeval Room and to the specimens of mediaeval and later times in the gold ornament room : with fourteen plates and a hundred and ninety-four illustrations (1907)

British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945, Read, Charles Hercules, Sir, 1857-1929 · [London] : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 296

An illustration from A guide to the Mediaeval Room and to the specimens of mediaeval and later times in the gold ornament room : with fourteen plates and a hundred and ninety-four illustrations, 1907, leaf 296 — mish Enamelled Spoon and Case, about 1500. [See p. 250. SPOONS 251 The English kings possessed large numbers of valuable spoons.In the Jewel Book of Henry VIII, in the Library of the Societyof Antiquaries of London, there is mention of numerous goldspoons, many enriched with gems and enamels. The… … Fig. 177.—English spoons. On the left acorn- and seal-headed ; in themiddle pied de biche ; on the right, apostle and maidenhead spoons. there seems good reason to suppose that it is really as old as thetwelfth century. The character of the ornament certainly supportsthis view; and it has been…

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