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A set of twelve central European silver Parcel-gilt apostle spoons
A complete set of twelve Hungarian silver parcel-gilt Apostle spoons. Although the spoons are unmarked they probably originate from Hungary and are most likely to date to 18/19th century but maybe late 16th century as do all comparable examples. Each spoon has a spade-shaped bowl and plain stem of rectangular section, with a grotesque mask lower terminal extending to a rat-tail on the reverse. The terminals are each formed as a different Apostle. All stems carry an engraving with an inscription of a part of the apostles creed. Read together the spoons are inscribed with almost the entire creed.  The upper bowl of each spoon is engraved with a coat-of-arms and the initials I.D.. The apostle finials, grotesque masks, rat tails and coat of arms are gilded. The engraving is enhanced with a red colour. Complete sets of Apostle Spoons from the this period are rare survivors.


INSCRIPTIONS:
Saint Peter: + Credo + In + Dev¯ + Patre¯ + Omnipote¯tem + 
Saint Andrew: Et + In + Ihesum + Christum + Filiv¯ + Eivs +	
Saint John: + Conceptus + Est + De + Spiritu + Sancto +
Saint James the Less: Crucifixus + Mortvvs + Et + Sepvltvs +		
Saint Matthew: + Tertia + Die + Resurrexit + A + Mortvis +	
Saint James the great : + Ascendit + Ad + Coelos +  		
Saint Philip: Ve¯tvrvs · Est + Ivdicare + Vivos + Mortvos +
Saint Bartholomew: + Credo + In + Spiritvm + Sanctvm +
Saint Matthias: + Sanctam + Ecclesiam + Catholicam+ + 	
Saint Simon: + Sanctorvm + Co¯mvnione¯ + Remissionem +
Saint Thomas: + Carnis + Resvrrectionem +
Saint Judas Thaddeus: + Vitam + Aeternam + + + Amen  :+:

MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHT:
- length: 19,5 cm. 
- width (bowl): 5,3 cm.
- height: 1,8 cm. 
- all spoons together weigh: 618 grams.

Comparable Spoons
A very similar Apostle spoon, with the same characteristic shape of the bowl, is present in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Accession Number: 2010.110.74. That spoon is dated to the 16th–17th century. A number of comparable spoons can be found in the collection of the Museum of applied Arts in Budapest, accession numbers:. 3269, 68.253.1, 60.537.1, 62.1423.1. A comparable set, but less ornate and probably somewhat later, was auctioned by Christies on 20 Nov. 2001, Auction 6515: Important Silver, Lot 135.

Provenance
•	Private collection in Scandinavia
•	sold Vienna, 13 February 2021, Karabela Auctions
•	private Collection in the Netherlands

Hungary - 18th 19th century, maybe older

Spoon (12) - 18th 19th century maybe older Apostle Spoons - Silver

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