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Reference: S1749
Period: Elizabeth II
Year: 1972
Silversmith: William Comyns & Sons Ltd
Place: London
Price: $ 350.00
Weight: 54 grams
Dimensions: 17.8 cm
Condition: Excellent
Description: A private die silver spoon featuring a King Protea, South Africa's national flower. The pattern is single struck, and contains a well modelled King Protea on the end of the spoon, the stem is decorated with a triple ribbed pattern with bands, ending in a diamond shape at the spoon bowl. We imagine this is a rare pattern, probably a special commission for a South African event or for a family with South African ties (all suggestions welcome). The hallmarks are clear, and include makers mark R.C for William Comyns & Sons, a firm that dates back to 1856, and still exists today. They are an important firm, their archive contains over 30 thousand patterns (in the V&A), they made all the coronets for the Queen's coronation. The spoon also has an additional hallmark in a very strange place, at the back of the spoon where the stem joins the bowl, this mark is circular and contains 3 C's in a pattern, we have now established the 3 back to back C's is a trademark used exclusively by William Comyns & Sons (Culme, Directory of Gold & Silversmiths, page 93). This spoon requires further research.
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Private die king protea pattern silver spoon
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King Protea silver spoon - private die
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Hallmarks William Comyns
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CCC silver hallmark, triple c
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King protea silver spoon - scale
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