Sterling Silver Serving Spoons by Francis Higgins II - Antique Victorian (1870)

Description

These exceptional antique Victorian English cast sterling silver serving spoons have been crafted in a figural form.

Each cast sterling silver handle terminal is modelled in the form of a putto* covering himself strategically with a floral arrangement.

The characters surmount impressive pedestal style stems, each accented with a shield shaped vacant cartouche and interlacing fruiting vine ornamentation.

The posterior surface of each stem incorporates a ribbed texture to the waisted portion.

These exceptional Victorian silver serving spoons have plain rounded bowls accented with a rat-tail design to the heel.

These spoons were crafted by the renowned London silversmith Francis Higgins II.

Such figural spoons are becoming increasingly difficult to locate.

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* In art and culture, a putto (plural: putti) is a chubby male child, usually nude and occasionally bearing wings.