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Master spoon
English (London)
marked for 1514–15
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
L. 18.26 cm (7 3/16 in.); W. of bowl 4.93 cm (1 15/16 in.); Weight 65.2 gm (2 oz 2 dwt)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number49.1709
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe spoon has a fig-shaped bowl and a tapering hexagonal stem. The finial is in the form of Christ holding an orb and cross in his left hand, and raising his right hand in benediction. The spoon is apparently cast in one piece; the nimbus is cast separately and applied.
Marks
In bowl, leopard's head crowned; on back of stem near bowl, unidentified maker's mark (similar to Jackson, 1921, p. 93; rev. ed. 1989, p. 89); date letter R
ProvenanceReverend Thomas Staniforth, Kirk Hammerton Hall, Yorkshire. By descent, Colonel E. W. Staniforth; 1898, Crichton Brothers, New York. Marsden J. Perry, Providence, Rhode Island. April 4, 1936, Perry estate sale, American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, New York, lot 220J; Mrs. Howard Eric, Stamford, Conneticut. December 2, 1949, sold at Parke-Burnet, New York, lot 75, to the MFA for $5000. (Accession Date: December 12, 1949)