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Spoon

ca. 1520-1521 (made)
Artist/Maker
William Simpson (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

Spoon with a seal-top finial, traces of gilding on the finial and bowl.


Object details

Categories
Eating
Metalwork
Silver
Object type
Spoon
Materials and techniques
Silver-gilt
Silver
Brief description
Spoon with a seal-top finial, silver and gilded silver, English (London), ? 1523-24, maker's mark a 'fringed S', probably William Simpson.
Physical description
Spoon with a seal-top finial, traces of gilding on the finial and bowl.
Dimensions
  • Tip of spoon nose to tip of finial length: 16.5cm
  • Weight: 60g
Marks and inscriptions
  • A fringed 'S', for William Simpson; town mark of London.
  • Engraved on the top of the seal on the finial: the initials 'W : W' and the date '1704'.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Colonel F. R. Waldo-Sibthorp
Object history
Bequest - Col Waldo Sibthorp
Acquisition RF: Waldo Sibthorp
Bibliographic references
  • Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland & Ireland, ed. Ian Pickford. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1989. Third edition,revised. ISBN 0907462634
  • Kent, Timothy Arthur. London silver spoonmakers, 1500 to 1697. London: The Silver Society, 1981
  • Constable, David J. E. Silver Spoons of Britain. The Complete History of Silver Spoons of England, Ireland and Scotland and their Makers 1200-1710. 2 vols. [Great Britain] Constables Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9780957134416
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
1976-1898

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O104164/spoon-william-simpson/
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