Sixteen Continental Silver Spoons. Comprising a Dutch christening spoon with figural terminal 'Hope,' engraved inscription for "Walter Pieters, born in Mandagh February 24, 1738;" a spoon pricked the initials "MFP" and "FM 1783;" a pair of Norwegian spoons, each marked "IT830;" a pair of large apostle spoons; a milking group spoon; three spoons with ship terminals; four Italian spoons and a fork, Taranto, after 1944, three spoon handles with wolf terminal and one with an eagle, three marked "SPQR" and "ROMA" and one spoon "SPQR," each spoon marked "800" into an oval, and two marked "39 TA," the fork unmarked, various marks, some worn. 16.84 troy oz. total weight Largest spoon: H: 8.625 in., W: 3.125 in., D: 1.125 in. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Cortlandt and Nancy Knowles Parker, Greenvale Farm Estate and Vineyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

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8.625 x 3.125 x 1.125 in