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On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 65, The Whiteley Galleries

Spoon

ca. 1655 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Spoon, silver, parcel-gilt, fig shaped bowl, baluster knop decorated with trefoils with dots: the end pounced DM/EM/1656.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, parcel-gilt
Brief description
Spoon, silver, Newcastle or Shaftesbury, ca.1655, mark of WR.
Physical description
Spoon, silver, parcel-gilt, fig shaped bowl, baluster knop decorated with trefoils with dots: the end pounced DM/EM/1656.
Dimensions
  • Length: 6.875in
  • Width: 2in
Marks and inscriptions
WR the R issuing from the W. Jackson attributes the mark to William Ramsey or William Robinson of Newcastle (Robinson was certainly working by this time). It might also have been William Ring of Shaftesbury.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Harold Short
Object history
Bequest - Harold Short
Acquisition RF: 57 / 2118

The conjoined WR mark is probably that of William Ring of Shaftesbury. The seal top is of the Salisbury group B type as described by Tim Kent on page 14 of "West Country Silver Spoons & Their Makers 1550-1750".
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
M.74-1959

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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