This spoon has a fleur-de-lys at the
finial and a winged angel near the
stem base.
This spoon bowl coin is dated 1804 and was issued by Tuscany, Italy in
honor of
King Carolus and his mother Queen Marie Alovsia.
I found a reference to where this coin was once displayed by the US
Mint
I have had these spoons for a long time and just made an assumption
that they were Italian coin spoons.
They look like a lot of other Italian spoons I have with a similar
style of workmanship and the quality of the
silver smithing is relatively good for a spoon.
However I started to do some research on the spoons and these coins do
NOT show up in any catalog.
They certainly look like coins, but I now suspect that they are
imitation coins.
The 'coins' supposedly honor Leop ll. But the only Leopold ll I found
was a king of Belgium
and these are not Belgium coins. The pieces are dated 1858 but the only
noteworthy thing in his life that year was the birth of a daughter.
On closer inspection there is a silver mark to the left of his hair
(but I have not identified it), There are also the initials DN below
his neck
If you have any theories - -
please contact me
I do, however, enjoy the 3 dimensional finials on these spoons
Vatican spoons can be seen in the
old large
Europe exhibit
Venitian Ducat spoons may be viewed by
clicking here
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