Live Auction 1126Centuries of Style
A ROMAN SILVER SPOON
Lot 303 THE BENSON COLLECTION
(LOTS 301-340)

A ROMAN SILVER SPOON

CIRCA 350 A.D.

Closed4 June 2013

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GBP 43,750

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A ROMAN SILVER SPOON
CIRCA 350 A.D.
The fluted elongated bowl, the rat-tail terminating in a circular knop, engraved on each side with a cross, one with traces of niello, with facetted tapering handle
8 7/8 in. (22.7 cm.) long
1 oz. 9 dwt. (46 gr.)

Ralph Goring Harvey Clarke (1868-1925) of Ifield Court, Crawley, West Sussex, by circa 1914 and then by descent to his nephew
Colonel Ralph Stephenson Clarke (1892-1920), M.P. for East Grinstead. Col. Ralph Clarke, T.D., D.L., M.P.; Christie's, London, 13 July 1953, lot 93, part (£60 to How).
The Benson Collection.