Apostle Spoon

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	England (made)

Spoon, silver, fig shaped bowl, pounced IC/WB/1666, the stem cast surmounted by an apostle top representing St. Thomas with dove.

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Categories	Eating Metalwork Silver Tableware & Cutlery
Object type	Apostle spoon
Materials and techniques	Silver, forged, cast and pounced Silver Forging Casting Pouncing
Brief description	Apostle spoon, silver, England, ca.1620
Physical description	Spoon, silver, fig shaped bowl, pounced IC/WB/1666, the stem cast surmounted by an apostle top representing St. Thomas with dove.
Dimensions	Length: 7.125in Width: 1.875in
Marks and inscriptions	On the bowl is a wheel with pellets between the spokes. On the back of the stem is another mark of a hound running, left to right, repeated three times and showing signs of tooling. (Unidentified) Pounced On the powl, pounced: IC/WB/1666
Credit line	Bequeathed by Arthur Hurst
Object history	Bequest - Arthur Hurst Acquisition RF: 40 / 434
Subject depicted	Initials
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	M.249-1940

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Record created	September 10, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O104188/apostle-spoon-unknown/

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