Spoon

This silver spoon was made by the Edinburgh silversmith John Scott around 1642. It is one of two spoons found in a house in the High Street in Irvine in Ayrshire and is known as a disc-end spoon from the pattern at the end of the stem.

The disc at the end of the stem is marked with the initials 'I F'.

Scottish-made spoons of the 16th and 17th century are rare. Designs initially followed English and continental patterns, but the disc-end pattern was a distinctively Scottish type.

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Online ID:	000-100-002-456-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.MEQ 37
Date:	Around 1642
Material:	Silver. Inscription: [Edinburgh hallmark]; IF
Dimensions:	182 mm L x 54 mm W
What:
Subject:	Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
Who:	John Scott, Edinburgh (Silversmith)
Where:	Scotland, Ayrshire, Irvine (172 High Street) Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description:	Silver spoon by John Scott, Edinburgh, dug up with coins in the High Street, Irvine, Ayrshire
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