An exceptional seventeenth century German Spoon.

An exceptional silver-gilt German Spoon, Ulm circa 1665, by Hans Ludwig Kienle. The reverse of the spoon is finely engraved with two coats of arms and two pairs of initials: that on the right identified as the arms of Neidhart or Neydhart below the initials 'IN'. The Neidharts were one of a group of patrician families in Ulm . The arms on the left are yet to be identified and are below the initials 'MN'. \nSee 'Goldschmiedekunst in Ulm, Die Werke im Ulmer Musem', pp. 94-5, for a spoon of the same form. Condition: \n

Very good with minor wear to the gilding.

Length - 16.10 cm.; Width - 4.50 cm.; Weight - 50 gms.