DUTCH SOLID SILVER MONKEY SPOON STRAINER SERVING SPOON Holland Netherlands 1900s

Description

A Dutch solid silver structure "monkey spoon"/strainer.
Pierced oval bowl with a short, belt-form stem,
which decorated with applied bowknot.
Terminal decorated with a die-cast cherub which holding
a flower-form cymbal in each hand,
please see and inspect all photos.
Not monogrammed.
There is an old soldering between bowl and a stem.
Marked to the stem front:
"Minerva head" for assay office;
tiny "rectangular punch" to stem underside - unreadable.
Marked to bowl interior:
script Gothic date letter - unreadable,
please see photos with a
red
arrow.
Made in the Netherlands/Holland, late 19th. Century or in 1900's.
Photos will tell you more.
Approx.:
Length: 4-7/8in.  (125mm.)
Bowl (crosswise): 2-3/8in. x 1-1/2in.  (60mm. x 38mm.)
Weight: 0.79 troy oz.  (24.5 gr.)
Dark spots you are seeing,
are reflections of a camera and other objects.
There is an old soldering between bowl and a stem.
Commensurate with age, the condition is very good.
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