Lot 519. A probably German jasper, silver-gilt, emerald, ruby, red and green stones spoon, circa 1650; 5 7/8in. long. Lot sold: 4,032 EUR (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 EUR). © Sotheby's 2022

Cuillère en jaspe, vermeil, émeraudes, rubis et pierres vertes et rouges, probablement Allemagne vers 1650; 15 cm long.

Provenance: Baron Victor Rothschild collection thence by descent.

Literature: For a similar spoon in Agate and gold see the British Museum Collection. URL http://wb.britishmuseum.org/MCN7886#1480633001

Note: This type of jewelled spoon is extremely difficult to date. In the Rothschild collection, now part of the British Museum collections, is another spoon, quite different, once dated 17th century but today more considered as a piece made by Reinhold Vasters from Aachen (1827-1909). Another spoon is in a private Genoa collection, again quite different and attributed to Vasters. 

Another, also from the Rothschild (Robert & Gustave), was sold at Christie's Paris, 23 June 2014, lot 104, catalogued as 17th century. Those three spoons are called Minerva as they all have a handle terminating in an enamelled Minerva. The one here offered is different.

Sotheby's. Style Paris : Orfèvrerie et boîtes en or, Paris, 8 July 2022