Spoon
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The cast finial of this spoon depicts Saint Andrew, recognizable by his attribute, a cross in the shape of an X. This motif suggests that the spoon was part of a set of thirteen with representations of the twelve apostles and either Christ or the Madonna and Child. Beginning in the fifteenth century, such sets became popular as ostentatious christening gifts.
[Wolfram Koeppe 2015]
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