James I Maidenhead Spoon, 1605

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Spoon - Maidenhead - London 1605 by Martin Cottrell - 168mm long; 44g - EP/3554

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This is a great example of a rare silver Maidenhead spoon dating from the early Stuart period. This spoon has a figural finial in the form of a lady representing the Virgin Mary - like most examples it has lost most of the detailing. It has a fine fig-shaped bowl and is in excellent original condition.

 

The spoon has a good leopard's head mark to the bowl and clear marks to the reverse stem. There is a clear date letter and the maker's mark "M" within a "C" for the specialist spoon maker Martin Cottrell. Cottrell was an apprentice to William Cawdell (maker's mark "W" within a "C"), but had a short working period from 1604 to circa 1609 and so few examples of his spoons survive.