Rare J.Tostrup Gilted Silver Baptismal Spoon, Norway Madonna & Child C.1888

Description

Rare J.Tostrup Baptismal Spoon, Kristiania (Oslo), Norway, of Madonna holding Baby Jesus & King Canute IV with St. Olaf, (Olaf II), on backside. Circa 1888
Beautifully designed Baptismal Christening Spoon by J. Tostrup, Kristiania (Oslo), Norway, Circa 1888
830 All-Gilt* Silver on entire spoon.
Face of spoon:
depicts a beautifully inscribed bowl showing Madonna holding Baby Jesus & King Canute IV , surrounded by a ribbon banner, translation as follows:
"Mary help me in all my need and save me from eternal judgement" +"All is as God wills it"
Handle stem:
wonderful pictograph of religiously significant high relief symbols leading up to the finial.
Finial:
a high relief depiction of ?; here I am sorry, I have no definitive idea who is depicted here.
Back of spoon:
depicts St. Olaf (canonized in 1164), holding a battle ax, a symbol of his martyrdom;
in addition, most importantly, is the stamp:
830 Tostrup.1888 on one edge & on other edge, Kristiania (former name for Oslo).
Back of handle stem & finial;
high relief celtic design up to and including the finial.
Overall remarks:
Gilted* Silver is still beautifully in tack on all surface areas of the spoon
!; very little wear if any under magnifying glass.The spoon has a minor scuff to the right side of St. Olaf on back of spoon. Otherwise,in very good condition for a 133 year old spoon!
Please Note: I am selling this item in as is condition.
* The word gilted is sometimes interchanged with the word gilded. Looking up their definition on Google, they both basically mean the same, gold wash in the case of silver, gold leafing in the case of say, painting frames, furnishings, etc.etc. So I leave it to you to decide which word you prefer....