This beautiful fruitwood love spoon has a broad handle pierced with three, star-like, circular panels and a lozenge, with a deep, ovoid shaped bowl, all with a rich colour and patina and in good condition. Welsh, circa 1800-1850.
20.5 cms long, 4 cms wide.
Treen For The Table the Jonathan Levi Collection, Christie`s South Kensington, November 8th 2006.
See lot 1, described as A Welsh Fruitwood Love Spoon Token, late 18th century - from Robert Young Antiques, Sept. 1998.
The following hold collections of lovespoons on public display:
Y Gaer Museum, Art Gallery and Library, Glamorgan Street, Brecon
St Fagans National Museum of History, St Fagans, near Cardiff
Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth
Carmarthenshire Museum, Abergwili, Carmarthen
This beautiful fruitwood love spoon has a broad handle pierced with three, star-like, circular panels and a lozenge, with a deep, ovoid shaped bowl, all with a rich colour and patina and in good condition. Welsh, circa 1800-1850.
20.5 cms long, 4 cms wide.
Treen For The Table the Jonathan Levi Collection, Christie`s South Kensington, November 8th 2006.
See lot 1, described as A Welsh Fruitwood Love Spoon Token, late 18th century - from Robert Young Antiques, Sept. 1998.
The following hold collections of lovespoons on public display:
Y Gaer Museum, Art Gallery and Library, Glamorgan Street, Brecon
St Fagans National Museum of History, St Fagans, near Cardiff
Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth
Carmarthenshire Museum, Abergwili, Carmarthen
