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Item: Mote Spoon Description: Crosslet and fleur-de-lys pierced with additional engraved design Hallmark: London circa 1745 by James Wilks Dimensions: 152mm long; Comments: A superior quality mote spoon by one of the finest makers of this type of spoon. Wilks must have either had great skills of piercing or employed somebody with these skills as the majority of his mote spoons are finely worked and this spoon is an exemplary example of the art. In addition, the reverse of the bowl has engraved flourishes, the edge is line engraved and a contemporary betrothal triangle is located to the heel (very rare for mote spoons). The maker's marks (JW in script) are clear and struck twice.
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