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LOT 1401
Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Spoon
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (17.8 grams, 15.5 cm).
With broad, shallow bowl, narrow round-section handle, knop finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa mid 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
See Jackson, C.J., The Spoon and its History, in Archaeologia, vol.53, for discussion.
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