A beautiful and very rare George III Butter Spade made in London in 1792 by Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan.
A beautiful and very rare George III Butter Spade made in London in 1792 by Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan.
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The Butter Spade has a beautiful traingular blade pierced with a fan of vertical pails and roundels. The blade is also decorated with prick dot bands and stylised foliate motifs. The silver section of the handle displays a bifurcated moulding where it is attached to the blade and the end displays a turned green stained section. The spade is in excellent condition and is very well marked on the reverse of the blade.
Length: 8.25 inches, 20.63 cm.
Width of the blade, at the widest point: 1.75 inches, 4.33cm.
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