A rare Liberty Cymric gold, silver and enamel spoon

Price: Sold

For sale is this rare and heavy Liberty & Co Cymric silver spoon attributed to Oliver Baker.  It is model 311 in the Liberty silver sketch book, Westminster Archive. Dated 1900, it has a blue green enamel finial set in gold wirework.  This, and the only known other example,  dating to 1903, can be seen, with red and yellow enamel, on page 143 of Simon Moore’s book “Artists spoons and related table cutlery”.

Maker:  Liberty & Co

Designer:  Oliver Baker (attrib)

Date: 1900

Marks: L & Co, Birmingham, “a”

Material: Sterling silver, gold, enamel

Condition: Excellent.

Size: 21 cm long

Weight: 2.1 oz, 59 grams