Apostle Spoon, ca. 1490, British, Silver, partial gilt, Overall: 6 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 11/16 in. (17.6 x 5 x 1.8 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Apostle spoons – spoons which bear the figure of one of the apostles accompanied by his apostolic emblem – are first mentioned in a will made in York in 1494, which described them as 'xiji cocliaris argenti com Apostolis super eorum fines' ('13 silver gilt spoons with apostles on the top of their ends')
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Apostle Spoon, ca, 1490, British, Silver, partial gilt, Overall, 6 15/16 x 1 11/16, 17.6 5 1.8 cm, Metalwork-Silver, spoons, –, spoons, bear, figure, apostles accompanied, apostolic emblem, first mentioned, will, York, 1494, described, xiji cocliaris, argenti, com, Apostolis, super, eorum, fines, 13 silver, gilt, apostles, top, ends
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