Silver Mustard Spoon, Leuven, 18th Century

-  Spoon or mustard ladle
-  Forged silver
-  llegible Master Goldsmith
-  Leuven, 18th century
-  Dimensions: Length: 11.8 cm, bowl diameter: 3.1 cm; Weight: 20g
-  Excellent condition

-  Net model mustard spoon with a fiddlehead spatula with shoulder. A fillet is found at the edge of the louchon with a gilt interior.

-  The shouldered spatula is one of the characteristics of cutlery and other tableware in Flanders on both sides of the border. Pieces with net are rather rare
-  Hallmarks (on the stem): Recognition hallmarks with the coat of arms of Leuven, 18th century; Key surmounted by a crown (ring and part of the crown visible); Warden's mark: V crowned (?)