Spoon

Physical description

Spoon, with diamond point finial

Place of Origin

London, England (made)

Date

ca 1450 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Silver

Marks and inscriptions

A fish (stamped on the back of the stem, near the bowl)
Crowned leopard's head - town mark for London (stamped on the bowl, at the base of the stem)

Dimensions

Length: 15.5 cm, Weight: 29.4 g

Object history note

Purchased together with 1948-1900 from George Lawrence, 7 West Hill, Wandsworth.
Acquisition RF: 91509 / 1900

Descriptive line

Spoon with diamond point finial, silver, English (London), ca. 1450

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Campbell, Marian. Gold, Silver and Precious Stones. In: John Blair and Nigel Ramsay, eds, English Medieval Industries: Craftsmen, Techniques, Products. London and Rio Grande: The Hambledon Press, , 1991. pp.107-166. ISBN 0907628877
See p.142, fig. 67 for a detail of the leopard's head mark.

Materials

Silver

Collection code

MET