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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: National Museums Scotland
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• 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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