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Apostle spoon

(apprenticed 1499, died about 1546)
1529–30
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver, parcel gilt
DimensionsL. 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.); W. of bowl 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); Weight 59.5 gm (1 oz 18 dwt)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number47.1616
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceCharles G. Rupert, New York. December 13, 1947, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 211, purchased by the MFA with the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour for $960 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: December 29, 1947)

NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 47.1616 - 47.1619 were acquired together.
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