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Reference: S11511
Period: George V
Year: 1928
Silversmith: Bernard Instone
Place: Birmingham
Price: $ 980.00
Weight: 27 grams
Dimensions: 7.7 cm
Condition: Very good, some small black oxidation spots.
Description: A rare and beautiful Arts & Crafts cast silver caddy spoon by Bernard Instone, featuring 2 Great Crested Grebes in a courting ritual. The caddy spoon has a circular planished (hand hammered) bowl, the handle is pierced and engraved to produce the birds embracing along their beaks. This caddy spoon has been previously described as depicting 2 stylized storks, but we are confident it represents the elaborate mating ritual of the Greater Crested Grebe, as confirmed by the KSIA (Keswick School of Industrial Arts) website. The spoon has excellent hallmarks, including makers mark B.I in oval punch for Bernard Instone. Instone (1891-1987) registered his mark in 1922, he studied under Arthur Gaskin and worked for John Paul Cooper. He established Langstone Silver Works in Digbeth, Birmingham in 1919, after 4 years service in the Great War. He was subcontracted to produce silver for Sibyl Dunlop (with her SD makers mark), and also produced silver for Liberty's (source Simon Moore Artists Spoons, page 411). Bernard Instone also produced an Apple tree caddy spoon, which seems to have survived in greater numbers than this crested grebe example.
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Bernard Instone Silver Arts & Crafts Caddy Spoon - Great Crested Grebes Courting Ritua
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