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Rare, Large and Unusually Fine, Polychrome Wax-decorated, Initialled and Dated Welsh Lovespoon
Havard and Havard
for sale €3,452     $3,747
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Rare, Large and Unusually Fine, Polychrome Wax-decorated, Initialled and Dated Welsh Lovespoon

19th century
Description

This remarkable lovespoon is clearly the work of a professional spoon maker, such is the precision and balance of its design and execution.

The handle, rounded at the top and base, is inset with five panels of printed cotton behind glass, and surrounded with delicately rendered designs including stylized “tall trees”, chequer borders, six-pointed stars, two “weeping trees” and the initials and date A P 1861 in red and black sealing wax. Surmounted by an original, axe-head shaped gilt brass handle for hanging and with a long, stepped neck extending to a large, ovoid bowl.

In excellent condition with only minor losses to the sealing wax around the glass panels.

West Wales, probably Carmarthenshire or Cardiganshire, 1861.

Physical Dimensions
Height
38.5cm (15.16")
Width
7.6cm (2.99")
Declaration

Havard and Havard has dated this Antique Welsh Love Spoon to the 19th Century.

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SA1213497
Description
This remarkable lovespoon is clearly the work of a professional spoon maker, such is the precision and balance of its design and execution.

The handle, rounded at the top and base, is inset with five panels of printed cotton behind glass, and surrounded with delicately rendered designs including stylized “tall trees”, chequer borders, six-pointed stars, two “weeping trees” and the initials and date A P 1861 in red and black sealing wax.

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Surmounted by an original, axe-head shaped gilt brass handle for hanging and with a long, stepped neck extending to a large, ovoid bowl.
Havard and Havard

In excellent condition with only minor losses to the sealing wax around the glass panels.

West Wales, probably Carmarthenshire or Cardiganshire, 1861.

Height
38.5cm (15.16")
Width
7.6cm (2.99")
Date of Manufacture

Havard and Havard has dated this Antique Welsh Love Spoon to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1213497
Havard and Havard
Havard and Havard
Sellingantiques verified Since Dec 2021

Specialists in welsh country furniture

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A carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring polychrome wax inlay, glazed inset panels, incised initials AP, the date 1861, and a brass suspension loop at the top.
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Archive I A carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring polychrome wax inlay, glazed inset panels, incised initials AP, the date 1861, and a brass suspension loop at the top.

Rare, Large and Unusually Fine, Polychrome Wax-decorated, Initialled and Dated Welsh Lovespoon

Archive II A carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring polychrome wax inlay, glazed inset panels, incised initials AP, the date 1861, and a brass suspension loop at the top. View II
Archive III A carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring polychrome wax inlay, glazed inset panels, incised initials AP, the date 1861, and a brass suspension loop at the top. View III
Archive IV A carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring polychrome wax inlay, glazed inset panels, incised initials AP, the date 1861, and a brass suspension loop at the top. View IV
Archive V A carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring polychrome wax inlay, glazed inset panels, incised initials AP, the date 1861, and a brass suspension loop at the top. View V
Archive VI A carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring polychrome wax inlay, glazed inset panels, incised initials AP, the date 1861, and a brass suspension loop at the top. View VI
Archive VII A carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring polychrome wax inlay, glazed inset panels, incised initials AP, the date 1861, and a brass suspension loop at the top. View VII
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Vale of Glamorgan
United Kingdom

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A carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring polychrome wax inlay, glazed inset panels, incised initials AP, the date 1861, and a brass suspension loop at the top.
Rare, Large and Unusually Fine, Polychrome Wax-decorated, Initialled and Dated Welsh Lovespoon
Ref: SA1213497
A carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring polychrome wax inlay, glazed inset panels, incised initials AP, the date 1861, and a brass suspension loop at the top.
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A Welsh love spoon is a traditional hand-carved wooden spoon decoratively crafted as a token of romantic affection or courtship, a custom originating in Wales during the seventeenth century.

They were typically hand-carved from single pieces of indigenous timber such as sycamore, oak, or boxwood, occasionally featuring coloured wax inlays, fretwork, or embedded glass panels.

Authentic nineteenth-century examples often exhibit hand-cut fretwork, natural wood patination, hand-incised dates or initials, and traditional inlay techniques such as coloured wax.

A decorative love spoon functions as wall art and can be displayed individually within a narrow alcove or integrated into a gallery wall of historical objects.

Keep the piece away from direct heat sources and high humidity to prevent timber warping and wax degradation, dusting gently with a soft dry brush.
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