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Lion sejant spoon
English (London), 1585–86
Marked by: Escallop w/ 2 pellets
London, England
L. 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.); W. of bowl 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.); Weight 42.5 gm (1 oz 8.8 dwt)
Silver
Inscriptions: Pricked on back of bowl near stem, partially obliterated, EL; engraved on back of bowl, C over GE
Marks: On bowl, leopard's head crowned; on back of stem near bowl, maker's mark an escallop with two pellets above in a shaped shield (Jackson, 1921, p. 105; rev. ed. 1989, p. 99); lion passant; date letter HClassification: Silver
Type, sub-type: flatwareObject is currently not on viewThe spoon has a fig-shaped bowl and a tapering hexagonal stem. The finial, resting upon a hexagonal baluster support, is in the shape of a lion sejant. The bowl and stem of the spoon are forged from a single piece. Traces of gilding remain on the finial. The bowl has been reworked, and appears to have been struck with a forged punch. Museum of Fine Arts, BostonBequest of Frank Brewer Bemis, 1935
Accession number: 35.1551Provenance/Ownership History: Please note: The history of ownership is not definitive or comprehensive, as it is under constant review and revision by MFA curators and researchers.
Reverend Thomas Staniforth, Kirk Hammerton Hall, Yorkshire; By descent to Colonel E. W. Staniforth [see note 1]; By 1918, with Crichton Brothers, New York; March 7, 1918, sold by Crichton Brothers to Frank Brewer Bemis [see note 2]; 1935, bequest of Frank Brewer Bemis to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 7, 1935)
Notes:
[1] This provenance has not been verified. [2] See copy of receipt in the MFA curatorial file.This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
 
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