Peninsular War interest: rare matched collection of Portuguese and English fiddle pattern silver spoons
£1,250.00
YEAR OF MANUFACTURE: circa 1815
ORIGIN: Lisbon, Portugal
WEIGHT: 10.60 troy ounces (11.63 ounces or 329.70 grams)
STOCK CODE: MDWOA
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A matched collection of fiddle pattern silver spoons comprising two table spoons and three dessert spoons by John Osment, Exeter 1823 en suite with a Portuguese fiddle pattern silver table spoon and tea spoon, Lisbon 1803-1813; each engraved with the monogram E.P. below 12th Lt. Dragns. surmounted by the family crest of Penfold.(7)
These spoons belonged to Edward Penfold (1789-1861), who served for four years as cornet then lieutenant (1812) in the 12th Light Dragoons during the Peninsular Wars. Placed on half pay in 1817, Penfold returned to his home at Tiverton in Devon where he arranged for a service to be made locally in Exeter to match silver acquired in Portugal during the war.
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Heraldic Silver Ltd
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