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LOT 0194
Late Byzantine Silver Spoon with 'St Peter' Inscription on the Handle
LATE 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (60.77 grams, 21.5 cm).
Featuring a large, shallow piriform bowl, stepped junction with a boar's head above, a hexagonal-section stem extending from behind the boar's neck bearing a Greek inscription 'TTETPOY' (of Peter); a balustered handle with a cuboid, striated finial.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, Surrey, UK.
Cf. Shelton, K.J., The Esquiline Treasure, London, 1981, item 27, for type; Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 909.
FootnotesThe inscription suggests that the spoon may have had a liturgical purpose, associated with the Holy Communion. Still today in the Orthodox Church, the Body and Blood of Christ are dispensed with similar liturgical objects. The name Peter can be associated with the church, or simply with the owner of the liturgical artefact.
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LOT 0194
Late Byzantine Silver Spoon with 'St Peter' Inscription on the Handle
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£400 (EUR 464; USD 540) +BP*
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