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Diamond-point spoon

about 1470–78
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver, parcel gilt
DimensionsL. 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); W. of bowl 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Weight, 19.8 gm (15 dwt)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number47.1617
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceCharles G. Rupert, New York. December 13, 1947, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 217, purchased by the MFA with the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour for $960 [see note 1]. (December 29, 1947)

NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 47.1616 - 47.1619 were acquired together.
Group shot: 33.195, RES.39.111, 42.13
Hester Bateman
1790–91
Group shot:  38.1831-7, 52.1550
Richard Cooke
1800–01
Richard Cooke
1800–01
Monogram
Charles Chesterman (II)
1792–93
Unmarked
style of late 15th century
Tankard
IP
about 1590–1600, hallmarked 1618–19
Wine cup
HB
1612–13
Back of badge and wood base
Unmarked
about 1600–25
IS
1587–88
Restricted
Unidentified artist
1504–05
WR
1595–96
Acorn knop spoon
Unmarked
possibly late 14th–early 15th