Each having a shaped bowl, the handles cast and pierced with strawberries, detailed Tiffany and Co Sterling, lengths 24cm and 24.5cm, this second spoon import mark London 1904, Tiffany & Co (Albert William Feavearyear), combined weight 262 grams
Estimate: | £140 - £180 |
Hammer price: | £200 |
Provenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.
See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner-collection
Condition Report
It is possible that the bowls of the spoons were once gilded, one of the bowls has traces of gilding, the other has none, apart from within the hallmark. Very slight wear to the definition of decoration, there are several minor surface marks and scratches, hallmark readable and clear.
The first spoon is not import hallmarked, it is possible that the spoons are an associated pair