Now THIS is cool! One of the earliest English spoons recorded... London 1462!

asheland · July 26, 2017 7:15AM

I can imagine that this sold very quickly!

http://www.antiquesilverspoons.co.uk/important-edward-iv-spoon-1462.html

BillDugan1959 · July 26, 2017 8:06AM

Neat website.

ShadyDave · July 26, 2017 11:15AM

@asheland said:
I can imagine that this sold very quickly!

http://www.antiquesilverspoons.co.uk/important-edward-iv-spoon-1462.html

what was the ask for it?

asheland · July 26, 2017 1:23PM

@ShadyDave said:

@asheland said:
I can imagine that this sold very quickly!

http://www.antiquesilverspoons.co.uk/important-edward-iv-spoon-1462.html

what was the ask for it?

I will post if I find out. I did ask.

CIVITAS · July 26, 2017 3:35PM

Neat. I'm sure a very expensive way to eat your Wheaties.

Weiss · July 26, 2017 3:56PM

Very cool. Very, very cool.

I believe the seller indicates this mark is the "African leopard's head":

Maybe. But to me it sure looks like

BillDugan1959 · July 26, 2017 4:21PM

That's a big stretch, methinks.

The English always had some Ancient Greek philosophy and political history (the sources often secondhand from Rome and Italy, and in Latin, not Greek) at their fingertips, but the artifacts themselves were slower in reaching old Angleterre. The first big dump of Greek artifacts same from Englishmen who were rooting around in Southern Italy (Greater Greece) after 1750, and then just after the end of the Napoleonic era, truly Greek stuff started flowing towards England in torrents. I am just a sad, badly educated American amateur, but that Leopard's head mark and that Greek coin are unlikely to go together.

asheland · July 27, 2017 11:15AM

Cool none the less...
He wrote back and said the asking price is £19,995!
I am not surprised by the price given the early date... Apparently it's in the process of being sold.
Wish it was mine.

yosclimber · July 28, 2017 1:32AM

I take it you collect these - cool.

Wish it was mine.

Wish you could buy it for £20k?
Or wish you could have it, generally?

It sounds like this was dug; maybe there are more to be sold?

asheland · July 28, 2017 6:30AM

@yosclimber said:
I take it you collect these - cool.

Wish it was mine.

Wish you could buy it for £20k?
Or wish you could have it, generally?

It sounds like this was dug; maybe there are more to be sold?

I wouldn't be thrilled at 20K, but would generally love to own that example.

lordmarcovan · July 29, 2017 12:58AM

@BillDugan1959 said:
That's a big stretch, methinks.

The English always had some Ancient Greek philosophy and political history (the sources often secondhand from Rome and Italy, and in Latin, not Greek) at their fingertips, but the artifacts themselves were slower in reaching old Angleterre. The first big dump of Greek artifacts same from Englishmen who were rooting around in Southern Italy (Greater Greece) after 1750, and then just after the end of the Napoleonic era, truly Greek stuff started flowing towards England in torrents. I am just a sad, badly educated American amateur, but that Leopard's head mark and that Greek coin are unlikely to go together.

It still does look compellingly similar, even if that's coincidence. Cool comparison.

Cool coi- uhm - er - spoon.

Antique silver is fun, even if it doesn't come in round disc form.

BillDugan1959 · July 29, 2017 1:19AM

The lions on the Royal Coat of Arms have typically been shown open-mouthed for a very long time (something like seven centuries). See Wikipedia for examples.

Now THIS is cool! One of the earliest English spoons recorded... London 1462!

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