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Lady in Crinoline Cast Silver Caddy Spoon
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Reference: S1646
Period: Elizabeth II
Year: 1967
Silversmith: Richards & Knight
Place: London
Price: $ 560.00
Weight: 42 grams
Dimensions: 7.7 cm
Condition: Excellent.
Description: A cast silver reproduction of the Lady in Crinoline caddy spoon, originally made by John Figg in 1844. The spoon depicts a lady in a crinoline dress carrying a parasol, the bowl is a matt chased rocaille shell. Being cast, this is an extremely heavy caddy spoon at 42 grammes, it is superb quality. The original is a highly important and extremely rare caddy spoon, it is depicted in John Norie's Caddy spoon book (plate 10) and also in the book "Investing in Silver" by Eric Delieb, pg 31, where it is pictured and described as "the superb little lady in the crinoline of the chinoiserie revival period". A similar spoon was part of the John Norie collection of caddy spoons, sold as lot 99, part 1 (Woolley & Wallis, April 2004). The hallmarks are clear. Note - The Society of Caddy Spoon Collectors (http://www.caddyspoonsociety.org) has just published a very interesting article about this caddy spoon in it's October 2020 bulletin, entitled "Lady in a Crinoline". It states that in "1967 a rogue silversmith chanced his hand at casting a rough copy of our own “Lady in a Crinoline”, taken from an illustration in the 1965 Loan Exhibition catalogue, the copyright of which was ours. We took legal advice, and forced him to break the mould, but a few pieces obviously escaped the net." The manufacturers solicitor admitted "the photograph had been stupidly copied by their clients", they admitted of the 72 spoons manufactured 13 were still with the manufacturer, the remaining 59 had been sold to 6 retailers, they undertook to recall all unsold spoons. The article also points out that 2 different makers (Richards and Knight and T.S.C) cast copies in 1967. They state that while it is unknown how many copies were made and recalled, the Lady in Crinoline remains a scarce caddy spoon, even in the 1967 form. We would like to thank the Society of Caddy Spoon Collectors for permission to publish this note, and encourage caddy spoon collectors to join the Society. The original Lady in Crinoline caddy spoon is also described and depicted in the article "The Cult of the Caddy Spoon" by Judith Banister, published in Antiques magazine September 1965, pages 38-40. Banister describes the spoon as "cast and matt chased figure terminal type with rocaille shell bowl and handle formed as a lady in court dress bearing parasol, by John Foligno, London 1844. Foligno's caddy spoons, combining good detailed casting with interesting themes, are a long way form the often pretty but nonetheless pedestrian products of the Birmingham and even London makers of half a century before". She also notes a fisherman behind a shell caddy spoon by Foligno (note Foligno is now thought to be John Figg).
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Lady in Crinoline Cast silver caddy spoon
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Lady crinoline cast silver caddy spoon
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Silver caddy spoon
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