Spoon

Collection object


1984.0075
L. 28.3 Bowl 8.6 x 5.05 Drop 1.3 x 1.4 L. hook 0.6 W. handle max 2.4 min 0.8 W. at bowl 1.8 T. max 0.4.
Spoon, hook handled basting, Limerick silver by Joseph Johns. Plain tapered handle on the same plane as the bowl. The rounded top of the handle is bent around backwards forming a hook. Slight central ridge along upper half of handle underside. On top of handle is an engraved crest, a bird on a hillock on a ground, the bird facing l., wings folded. Oval round ended bowl with a broad three-quarter oval drop. Marks: II, lion rampant between, on shield, Sterling in rectangle 2.2 above it, on underside of narrow part of handle.


Joseph Johns (silversmith)