including: a Victorian plated (Benares) medicine spoon, by John Round & Son, Sheffield, late 19th Century – 17.5cm. (length); three 19th Century double-ended, folding, medicine spoons including one silver by Spaulding & Co, American, 7cm. (when closed), 44g, one gilded and another plated from Germany; two silver medicine spoons with Arabic character artisan marks, with stylised engraving, one engraved for Susan, 7.5cm. and 5.9cm. (length), 41g and 31g respectively; two silver double-ended medicine spoons, one George III, by George Smith & William Fearn, London, 1795, 17.7cm. (length), 40g and the other late Victorian, maker’s mark indistinct, London, 1892, 13.3cm. (length), 24g; a further Victorian silver gilt double-ended medicine spoon, by Henry Holland, London, 1874, 13.4cm., 24g; and a George IV infant’s medicine spoon, partially covered, by Charles Rawlings, 1829, London, 12cm. (length), 12g
Sold for £562
Result plus buyers premium
including: a Victorian plated (Benares) medicine spoon, by John Round & Son, Sheffield, late 19th Century – 17.5cm. (length); three 19th Century double-ended, folding, medicine spoons including one silver by Spaulding & Co, American, 7cm. (when closed), 44g, one gilded and another plated from Germany; two silver medicine spoons with Arabic character artisan marks, with stylised engraving, one engraved for Susan, 7.5cm. and 5.9cm. (length), 41g and 31g respectively; two silver double-ended medicine spoons, one George III, by George Smith & William Fearn, London, 1795, 17.7cm. (length), 40g and the other late Victorian, maker’s mark indistinct, London, 1892, 13.3cm. (length), 24g; a further Victorian silver gilt double-ended medicine spoon, by Henry Holland, London, 1874, 13.4cm., 24g; and a George IV infant’s medicine spoon, partially covered, by Charles Rawlings, 1829, London, 12cm. (length), 12g
Auction: Science, Medicine & Early Technology, 1st May, 2024