A James I sterling silver apostle spoon, London 1606 by Daniel Cary (free. 5th Oct 1604, d. 1642) fig shaped bowl with hexagonal section stem, cast apostle terminal possibly St Philip with three loaves of bread, with a later nimbus. Fully marked between and stem bowl. Length – 17.8 cm / 8 inches Weight – 44 grams / 1.41 ozt Daniel Cary was apprenticed to spoon maker Patrick Brew for eight years from the 24th June 1598. He is first cousins on his mother’s side with fellow spoon maker Edward Hole. Cary was one of, if not the most prolific spoon makers of the 17th century and was certainly of wealth as a result of his trade. He lent the Goldsmiths company £200 at 6.5% interest in March 1636, and in his will he left his nephew William, who was bound to him as an apprentice, £300 and “whatsoever belongeth to my trade of spoonmaking”. An estimation of the output of Cary’s workshop can be envisaged for how many spoons he had broken for being found to be worse than standard with surviving records; 622 spoons between 1604 – 1634, Mitchell, D. (2017) Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, p. 270.
A James I sterling silver apostle spoon, London 1606 by Daniel Cary (free. 5th Oct 1604, d. 1642) fig shaped bowl with hexagonal section stem, cast apostle terminal possibly St Philip with three loaves of bread, with a later nimbus. Fully marked between and stem bowl. Length – 17.8 cm / 8 inches Weight – 44 grams / 1.41 ozt Daniel Cary was apprenticed to spoon maker Patrick Brew for eight years from the 24th June 1598. He is first cousins on his mother’s side with fellow spoon maker Edward Hole. Cary was one of, if not the most prolific spoon makers of the 17th century and was certainly of wealth as a result of his trade. He lent the Goldsmiths company £200 at 6.5% interest in March 1636, and in his will he left his nephew William, who was bound to him as an apprentice, £300 and “whatsoever belongeth to my trade of spoonmaking”. An estimation of the output of Cary’s workshop can be envisaged for how many spoons he had broken for being found to be worse than standard with surviving records; 622 spoons between 1604 – 1634, Mitchell, D. (2017) Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: their lives and their marks. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, p. 270.
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