Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York : Scribner · leaf 82
of the handle wasa bust of the Virgin Mary (No. 12). This style was com-mon in the sixteenth century. A very popular spoon during the Tudor time (i 485-1603)was the apostle spoon, which is found as late as 1660. Thisgets its name from the fact that it has a figure of an apostleon the handle, and… … No. 12 No. 14 57 58 OLD LONDON SILVER to life. The inscription is easily read—St. NicholasPray For Us. This spoon was sold at Christies, in Lon-don, on April 30th, 1902, for ^^690 ($3,450), the recordprice for a spoon. A perfect set of apostle spoons consists of thirteen, theMaster spoon having the…
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