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Madonna and Child spoon
Marked by: William Simpson (apprenticed 1499, died about 1546)
English (London)
1527–28
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.706
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionFig-shaped bowl, slender stem surmounted by figure of Madonna & child on small molded capital. Bowl bent & worn at tip. I V on back of bowl. Mate to 30.707.
Marks
Marked: leopard's head crowned in bowl, date-letter K and fringed S on back of stem near bowl.
ProvenanceBought by the MFA for $1500. (Accession Date: October 16, 1930)