Spoon
1754-1761 (made)
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Rounded bowl with gilt border enclosing a gilt cross with roundel at crossing, moulded band at base of stem with 3 bevelled panels, the knop shaped as a hatched inverted cone topped by 4 strawberry leaves with hoops
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt |
| Brief description | Cutlery and flatware |
| Physical description | Rounded bowl with gilt border enclosing a gilt cross with roundel at crossing, moulded band at base of stem with 3 bevelled panels, the knop shaped as a hatched inverted cone topped by 4 strawberry leaves with hoops |
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| Marks and inscriptions | On the underside of the stem at the back: maker’s mark HW in monogram for Hans Wiggman of Kalmar (working 1712-1761), control mark the 3 crown mark in force from 1754. |
| Object history | Purchase - (£3.10.0) Bernal Sale, 23 April 1855, lot 2348 From Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975, p116: Acquired as German or Scandinavian ‘about 1600’. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of Scandinavian and Baltic Silver, RW Lightbown, V&A, 1975
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2265-1855 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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