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Apostle spoon (St James the Less)
Silver, with traces of gilding
Origin: London
Date: 1520-1521
20 cm length, 63 g weight
Marks/Maker: London, 1520-1, maker's mark, a heart, possibly for Robert Preston
Bequeathed by A.T. Carter, 1947; WA1947.77
T. Schroder (2009), no. 320
The mark on this spoon is of a specialist and is recorded on a variety of finial types hallmarked between 1510-1528. The exceptionally wide nimbus engraved with a cross patonce is a rare feature.
Information derived from T. Schroder, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean (2009)
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