Title

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver and silver-gilt spoons, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. '...a group of silver and silver-gilt spoons, all of the seventeenth century, belonging to Messrs. E. Waterton and W. Stirling. Commencing at the left hand, we have, first, a silver-gilt spoon, with large bowl and short stem of floriated ornament and five rings; next, two silver spoons, the stems surmounted by the Virgin and Child, St. John, and other saints; then follow a silver-gilt Apostle spoon, with figures of saints, of Dutch manufacture; a silver spoon, with various ornamental knobs; a silver folding-fork and spoon combined, surmounted by a figure of Cupid; a silver spoon, with a ship in full sail, on chased stem; and a massive silver-gilt spoon, chased in high relief, with the Entombment and Crucifixion, with inscriptions and numerous figures, continued spirally round the stem, surmounted by an angel holding a chalice'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM24A15_253

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NA

Property release

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

8,4Mb (243,2Kb) / 9,1in x 3,6in / 2718 x 1078 (300dpi)

Keywords

arts metal art British museum color silver antique antiques collection century Britain newspapers press print artefacts spoon spoons artefact cutlery artifacts artifact B&W 17th century engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black Victoria and Albert Museum nineteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum ILN newspaper Victoria & Albert Museum Unknown V&A V&A Museum 19th-century