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S.J. Shrubsole

A Henry VIII Antique English Silver Apostle Spoon, St. Andrew

A Henry VIII Antique English Silver Apostle Spoon, St. Andrew

Length: 6 7/8"

description

Maker’s mark: a feather (recorded in Jackson p. 92 from a spoon dated 1546)

Fig-shaped bowl, faceted tapering stem, the gilded finial formed as St. Andrew holding a saltire cross, the reverse of the bowl with an old collection label with incorrect date of 1522.