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APOSTLE SPOONS

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 199 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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APOSTLE SPOONS , a set of spoons, usually of See also:

silver or silver gilt, with the handles terminating in figures of the apostles, each bearing their distinctive See also:emblem. They were See also:common baptismal gifts during the 15th and 16th centuries, but were dying out by 1666. Often single spoons were given, bearing the figure of the See also:patron or name See also:saint of the See also:child. Sets of the twelve apostles are not common, and See also:complete sets of thirteen, with the figure of our See also:Lord on a larger See also:spoon, are still rarer. The Goldsmiths' See also:Company in See also:London has one such set, all by the same maker and bearing the See also:hall-See also:mark of 1626, and a set of thirteen was sold at See also:Christie's in 1904 for £4900. See See also:William See also:Hone, The Everyday See also:Book and Table Book (1831); and W. J. Cripps, Old See also:English See also:Plate (9th ed., 1906).

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