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Seal-Top Spoon
Marked by: James Cluatt
English (London)
1616–17
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver, parcel gilt
Dimensions
L. 16.19 cm (6 3/8 in.); W. of bowl 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.); Weight 39.7 gm (1 oz 6 dwt)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914)
Accession Number38.1751
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe spoon has a fig-shaped bowl and a tapering hexagonal stem. The baluster support with gadrooned lobe is surmounted by a circular seal. The finial is gilt. The bowl and stem of the spoon are forged from a single piece. The seal and chased baluster support are cast and applied.
Marks
In bowl, leopard's head crowned; on back of stem near bowl, maker's mark C enclosing I in a plain shield (Kent, 1981, p. 25); lion passant; date letter T
InscriptionsPricked on top of seal, HB over 1617
ProvenanceTiffany & Co., London, 1938; Anonymous Gift to the MFA in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914). (Accession Date: December 8, 1938)