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DESCRIPTION

Massive silver gilt spoon cast in two sections and joined at the boot heels to the stem and bowl section. Probably intended to be hung from a ribbon through the loop above the bugle. Superbly detailed casting to front and back.

SILVERSMITH

Ludwig Neresheimer & Co. in Hanau, Germany. Imported and retailed by Berthold Muller.

DATE or HALLMARK

imported 1899 and probably made just prior.

ASSAY OFFICE

Chester

WEIGHT in GRAMS

164

HEIGHT in INCHES

10 ¾

SILVER STANDARD

.925 sterling silver

OVERALL CONDITION

generally excellent with one bowl rim crack stopped with old lead verso that is over the gilding so gilding likely to be original with only slight rubbing.

FAULTS

none except bowl rim crack shown at two o'clock in the first image.
back Price £185 sold item number: M4744