Description
Rare, early baroque silver spoon, fully gilt. Oval, slightly hollowed spoon with a rat's tail, merging into a profiled, curved, narrow handle ending in a twisted, figurative volute. Marked, tremolier stroke, hallmark, master Martin II Heuglin (became master around 1642). Weight approx. 40 g. L. 15.3 cm. Cf. Seling, 2007, BZ 0610, no. 1508; Heitmann/Boerner, Historische Bestecke aus dem Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg 2007, p. 99, fig. 106 (handle) and Amme, Historische Bestecke, p. 94, cat. no. 214 (handle of the spoon and fork). A rare German early Baroque gilt silver spoon by Martin II Heuglin (master since around 1642). Test, assay and master's mark. German. Augsburg. 1651 - 1654.
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Rare, early baroque silver spoon, fully gilt. Oval, slightly hollowed spoon with a rat's tail, merging into a profiled, curved, narrow handle ending in a twisted, figurative volute. Marked, tremolier stroke, hallmark, master Martin II Heuglin (became master around 1642). Weight approx. 40 g. L. 15.3 cm. Cf. Seling, 2007, BZ 0610, no. 1508; Heitmann/Boerner, Historische Bestecke aus dem Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg 2007, p. 99, fig. 106 (handle) and Amme, Historische Bestecke, p. 94, cat. no. 214 (handle of the spoon and fork). A rare German early Baroque gilt silver spoon by Martin II Heuglin (master since around 1642). Test, assay and master's mark. German. Augsburg. 1651 - 1654.
