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London 1896 fine quality cast solid silver Dutch made serving spoon made for English export, with sailboat finial.
Price
SOLDItem Ref
5412
Description
Dutch solid .934 fine (higher than sterling silver) content fine quality cast silver large serving spoon, made for export to the English market in 1896. Also includes full London 1896 hallmarks and makers mark for Samuel Boyce Landeck, London importer of foreign silver.Originally assayed at the Leeuwarden office in the Netherlands.
In the Victorian era there was a great demand for such silver, therefore it was made to satisfy such demand. This is a wonderful antique survivor.
All parts of the spoon have hallmarks, and the finial has a three dimensional cast sailboat complete with rigging and four billowing sails, and flag to top of mast. The stem is pierced and cast with faces. The bowl has a shield to centre, and a beautiful surrounding design surmounted with a crown. The reverse of the spoon bowl has a rattail.
Length-7 5/8 inches long total by 1 7/8 inches wide. Bowl is 2.75 inches long.
Weight-85 grams.
This is a lovely spoon in very good condition, which will appeal to the silver collector, or boating enthusiast. It is both a very impressive as well as a practical piece.
We have many other individual and sets of spoons in inventory, so please contact us with your requirements.
Please click on my personal website link in the top left column of this page, or go to www.serpentineantiques.co.uk to see additional items not listed on this site. If you would like additional photos, I am happy to provide them.
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Internal Ref: 5412
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