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Lot 308 THE BENSON COLLECTION
(LOTS 301-340)
(LOTS 301-340)
AN EDWARD II SILVER ACORN-KNOP SPOON
CIRCA 1300
Closed4 June 2013
Price Realised
GBP 11,875
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Specialist note
The mark on this spoon is the earliest spoon in the collection with the leopard's head mark, which is discussed further in lot 312, and is an example of the earliest type of this mark. Described by Commander and Mrs How as 'No circle of pellets round the mark. Animal's face has narrow forehead and small round ears set high above eyes', they suggest that the mark may be an early London Guild mark (How, op. cit., vol. III, p. 55).
ACORN KNOP SPOONS
The Acorn knop spoon is among the earliest form of post-Roman European spoon known, with examples dating predominantly from the beginning of the 14th century. Their importance to their early owners is shown by their appearance in wills. Timothy Kent in his introduction The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, p. 3 cites the will of John de Halegh, proved in 1351, who bequeathed twelve spoons with 'akernes' to Thomas Taillour. John Botillor, a draper leaves his wife Isabella 'twelve best spoons with gilt acorns.'
ACORN KNOP SPOONS
The Acorn knop spoon is among the earliest form of post-Roman European spoon known, with examples dating predominantly from the beginning of the 14th century. Their importance to their early owners is shown by their appearance in wills. Timothy Kent in his introduction The Benson Collection of Early Silver Spoons, p. 3 cites the will of John de Halegh, proved in 1351, who bequeathed twelve spoons with 'akernes' to Thomas Taillour. John Botillor, a draper leaves his wife Isabella 'twelve best spoons with gilt acorns.'