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Description: | Silver-gilt post-medieval spoon finial in the form of a cast figure of a saint wearing heavy draperies, nimbed, holding two attributes, possibly a Fuller's Bat (staff) in the right hand and a book in the left, for St James The Less. Top of halo bears the dove of the Holy Spirit. Figure stands on a column with moulded capital. The figure comprises the finial of an English Apostle Spoon of 16-17thCentury type, the shaft broken off. Measuring 39mm in height and c10mm in width.
For the tentative identification of the saint, see G.E and J.P. How, English and Scottish Silver Spoons, London 1953, p.20. This figure appears in 4 of the 6 documentary sets of English Apostle Spoons made between c1487 and 1626., and on the set of 13 formerly in the Astor family, now in the British Museum (MLA 1981, 7-1,1-13). The dove first appears on a spoon dated 1570, and is used in examples dating to 1617; the rough casting suggests a 17th Century date for this spoon.
Examined and described under the Treasure Act by Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, The British Museum. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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