Tudor 'Thames' Pewter Acorn-Topped Spoon with Maker's Mark

CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.

6 3/8 in. (34.8 grams, 16.3 cm).

Featuring a shallow ovoid bowl, round-section stem and acorn finial; bowl stamped with rosette makers mark. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.

Literature

Cf. Homer, R.F., Five Centuries of Base Metal Spoons, UK, 1975, p.38.

CONDITION

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