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Agate Handled Bifurcate Silver Spoon
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
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Agate Handled Bifurcate Silver Spoon

19th century
Description

A most unusual spoon with a beautiful moss agate handle. The spoon bowl is bifurcate in style. London 1827 makers mark WE, the W is on a slant and does not match any of the makers recorded at this time. Great condition.

Overall length of spoon 19.5 cm

Silver length 12 cm

W 3.5 cm

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Agate Handled Silver Spoon to the Regency era.

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Description
A most unusual spoon with a beautiful moss agate handle. The spoon bowl is bifurcate in style.
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London 1827 makers mark WE, the W is on a slant and does not match any of the makers recorded at this time.
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)

Great condition.

Overall length of spoon 19.5 cm

Silver length 12 cm

W 3.5 cm

Date of Manufacture

Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Agate Handled Silver Spoon to the Regency era.

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SA1230708
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
Sellingantiques verified Since Dec 2020
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An antique silver spoon featuring an oval polished bowl, a decorative bifurcate stem, and a tapered grey agate handle.
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Archive I An antique silver spoon featuring an oval polished bowl, a decorative bifurcate stem, and a tapered grey agate handle.

Agate Handled Bifurcate Silver Spoon

Archive II An antique silver spoon featuring an oval polished bowl, a decorative bifurcate stem, and a tapered grey agate handle. View II
Archive III An antique silver spoon featuring an oval polished bowl, a decorative bifurcate stem, and a tapered grey agate handle. View III
Archive IV An antique silver spoon featuring an oval polished bowl, a decorative bifurcate stem, and a tapered grey agate handle. View IV
Archive V An antique silver spoon featuring an oval polished bowl, a decorative bifurcate stem, and a tapered grey agate handle. View V
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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)

Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
Telephone 07710 931929
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An antique silver spoon featuring an oval polished bowl, a decorative bifurcate stem, and a tapered grey agate handle.
Agate handled bifurcate silver spoon
Ref: SA1230708
An antique silver spoon featuring an oval polished bowl, a decorative bifurcate stem, and a tapered grey agate handle.
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FAQs

A bifurcate silver spoon features a stem that splits or joins near the neck before attaching to the bowl, frequently paired with a carved hardstone handle such as agate, produced during the nineteenth century for serving tea, preserves, or desserts.

These pieces combine sterling or plated silver with naturally banded agate quartz, constructed using a chased metal ferrule to secure the stone handle to the silver stem.

Authentic examples feature stamped hallmarks or makers marks on the bowl or ferrule, hand-fitted assembly around the stone join, and natural banding patterns within the agate handle.

Display decorative silver flatware inside glass-front cabinetry, arrange upon a silver tray on a sideboard top, or incorporate into contemporary formal dining service.

Hand wash gently in warm water with mild soap without submerging the mineral handle, avoiding abrasive polishes or dishwashers that loosen ferrule adhesives.
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