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Spoon

ca.1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The spoon is of a type fashionable in around 1660. However this spoon, and an almost identical spoon (M 33-1999), maybe the work of the Roelfsema Brothers of Winsum in the Netherlands who worked between 1864 and 1910. The spoons are examples of the type of spurious 'antique' silver which were available in the English market towards the end of the 19th-century.

The spoons appear to come from the same mould, but bear semi-obliterated town marks from opposite ends of the Netherlands: an unlikely occurrence during the 17th-century.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Nickel alloy
Brief description
Dutch metal (high silver alloy) spoon with pseudo hallmarks for Groningen and Cornelius Papinck, 1661-1662
Physical description
Elaborate decoration of crowned lion's head on the bowl between two flags. The round bowl is attached to a plaited silver handle. The knop is composed of a lion holding a shield.
Dimensions
  • Length: 18.5cm
  • Spoon bowl width: 5.4cm
  • Greatest height: 2.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Marked on the underside of the bowl with CP imitating the mark of Cornelius Papinck, and a forged town mark for Groningen, 1661/2.
Gallery label
(20/01/2000)
7. SPOON
Silver alloy
Netherlands, around 1890
Possibly Roelfsema Brothers
Marked on the underside of the bowl with CP imitating the mark of Cornelius Papinck, and a forged town mark for Groningen, 1661/2.
M.34-1999
Object history
Bought from Theo Deelder for £50
This spoon and M33-1999 are possibly the work of the Roelfsema Brothers of Winsum who operated between 1864 and 1910. Both spoons come from the same mould but marked with different towns.
Production
Silver load date: made ca. 1890
Summary
The spoon is of a type fashionable in around 1660. However this spoon, and an almost identical spoon (M 33-1999), maybe the work of the Roelfsema Brothers of Winsum in the Netherlands who worked between 1864 and 1910. The spoons are examples of the type of spurious 'antique' silver which were available in the English market towards the end of the 19th-century.

The spoons appear to come from the same mould, but bear semi-obliterated town marks from opposite ends of the Netherlands: an unlikely occurrence during the 17th-century.
Collection
Accession number
M.34-1999

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Record createdFebruary 21, 2000
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