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Apostle spoon
Marked by: William Simpson (apprenticed 1499, died about 1546)
English (London)
1545–56
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver, parcel gilt
Dimensions
L.17.9 cm (7 1/16 in.); W. of bowl 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); Weight 42.5 gm (1 oz 8 dwt)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number49.1712
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe spoon has a fig-shaped bowl and a flattened, tapering hexagonal stem. The finial depicts Saint Thomas holding a spear in his right hand. The nimbus is rayed. The bowl and stem of the spoon are forged from a single piece. The apostle figure and nimbus are cast separately and applied. The finial is gilt. The bowl has been reworked.
Marks
In bowl, leopard's head crowned; on back of stem near bowl, maker's mark fringed S (Kent, 1981, p. 9); lion passant; date letter H
ProvenanceMarsden J. Perry, Providence, Rhode Island; April 4, 1936, Perry estate sale, American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, New York, lot 220J; Mrs. Howard Eric, Stamford, Conneticut. December 2, 1949, Parke-Bernet Sale, New York, lot 75, sold to the MFA and purchased with the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour for $5,000 [see note 1]. (December 12, 1949)
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 49.1710 - 49.1721 were acquired together.
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 49.1710 - 49.1721 were acquired together.