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Reference: S1972
Period: Elizabeth II
Year: 1983
Silversmith: William Comyns & Sons Ltd
Place: London
Price: $ 350.00
Weight: 120 grams
Dimensions: 25.3 cm
Condition: Good, bowl has some wear and has been reshaped.
Description: A private die silver serving or basting 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 this back to back C's hallmark is a trademark used exclusively by William Comyns & Sons (Culme, Directory of Gold & Silversmiths, page 93). This spoon requires further research. Note - this pattern matches S1749, which is a smaller tablespoon, made in 1972.
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