Description:
Silver basting or serving spoon with an elongated oval bowl and slightly upturned dognose handle, which is marked with a crown over "Jo" for Lawrence Jones; the London hallmarks of Brittania, lion's head erased, and the date letter "H" for 1703-1704 on the back of the spoon; and engraved with the crest of a crown with four balls and double trellis on the underside of the spoon tip. There was a sudden diversity of spoons produced during the English post-Restoration period, which included basting spoons that doubled as soup and punch ladles with their deep and eliptical bowls. In addition, in 2003, the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibited a similar spoon identified as a cook's spoon and dating to 1701-1702, which the label noted: "Cooks in grand houses were issued with their own silver spoon."
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