French ??? spoon late 1700s ???
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:10 pm
We would greatly appreciate any help in identifying the country, period and maker of this spoon.
It is approximately five inches long, rather solid, and is engraved with a coat of arms that looks definitely Continental, which bears an "Agnus Dei" superimposed on the eight-pointed Cross of Malta or Amalfi.
We are, therefore, guessing it belonged to a Knight of Malta and is French from the second half of the 18th Century ???
![Image](http://home.comcast.net/~bostonian1810/2010-07/MltaSpAa.jpg)
![Image](http://home.comcast.net/~bostonian1810/2010-07/MltaSpAg.jpg)
![Image](http://home.comcast.net/~bostonian1810/2010-07/MltaSpAc.jpg)
![Image](http://home.comcast.net/~bostonian1810/2010-07/MltaSpAd.jpg)
![Image](http://home.comcast.net/~bostonian1810/2010-07/MltaSpAe.jpg)
Many thanks as ever for any information and for this most usefule website.
Stewart and Nancy
It is approximately five inches long, rather solid, and is engraved with a coat of arms that looks definitely Continental, which bears an "Agnus Dei" superimposed on the eight-pointed Cross of Malta or Amalfi.
We are, therefore, guessing it belonged to a Knight of Malta and is French from the second half of the 18th Century ???
![Image](http://home.comcast.net/~bostonian1810/2010-07/MltaSpAa.jpg)
![Image](http://home.comcast.net/~bostonian1810/2010-07/MltaSpAg.jpg)
![Image](http://home.comcast.net/~bostonian1810/2010-07/MltaSpAc.jpg)
![Image](http://home.comcast.net/~bostonian1810/2010-07/MltaSpAd.jpg)
![Image](http://home.comcast.net/~bostonian1810/2010-07/MltaSpAe.jpg)
Many thanks as ever for any information and for this most usefule website.
Stewart and Nancy