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Lot 443 Dα

A Groningen silver apostle spoon

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 700 €
Result: 992 € (incl. premium)
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A Groningen silver apostle spoon

Droplet-shaped bowl and straight handle decorated with a bird amid fruit and a figure of the apostle James the Lesser with a walking stick and book. Monogrammed "AI" and dated 1782 to the underside. L 18 cm, weight 36 g.
Marks of Coop Broeils, 1647/48.

Literature

Cf. an apostle spoon by this maker illus. in cat.: Groninger Keur, Groningen 1997, no. 9, for the maker's mark cf. also p. 53.