St. Matthew--a wallet or purse, or sometimes a spear or an axe. St. Jude--a lance or a saw; sometimes a club. St. James the Great--a pilgrim’s staff, as pioneer missionary. St. Matthias--a halbert or an axe. St. James the Less--a fuller’s pole, because he was killed by a blow on the head dealt him by Simeon the fuller. St. Simon Zelotes--a saw, in allusion to his martyrdom. The thirteenth is either St. Paul with a sword, or the Master spoon, with orb and cross and hand raised in blessing. Sometimes Judas Iscariot takes his place in lieu of one of the others, usually of St. Matthew with the purse; and St. Mark, in some sets, replaces St. Simon; and St. Luke occurs in lieu of St. Matthias in others. There is no doubt that apostle spoons have been largely sought after by collectors as something desirable and antique. They have accordingly been manufactured by the thousand to meet such a demand, and young collectors cannot be too careful in accepting authenticity by word of mouth from any seller. There are always the museum examples for ready reference. They are in glass cases easy of access, and a close inspection can be made at the Victoria and Albert Museum, which is little short of actually handling the specimens. This remark applies equally to seal-top and other older forms of spoons not frequently handled by the beginner. [Illustration: SEVENTEENTH AND EARLY EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SPOONS. APOSTLE SPOON. St. Andrew. 1648. SEAL-TOP SPOON. 1652. TREFOIL-SHAPED TOP. 1703. Newcastle. TREFOIL-SHAPED TOP. 1703. London. Marked with Britannia and lion’s head erased. The later spoons show the commencement of form of modern bowls. (_By courtesy of Messrs. Crichton Brothers._)] Sets of thirteen apostle spoons are very rare. There is Archbishop Parker’s set at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and including the rare Master spoon and also St. Paul with a sword, which spoon bears the date mark for 1515, while the others are hall-marked 1566. There is the Swettenham set, which belonged to the Cheshire family of that name, hall-marked 1617. The Goldsmiths’ Company have a set with the hall-mark 1626, which was presented to them some years ago by Mr. George Lambert. We illustrate two examples of apostle spoons, one made at Exeter in 1674, representing St. Simon Zelotes (p. 189), and the other made in London in 1648, with the figure of St. Andrew with the saltire cross (p. 185). Single specimens can be obtained, though prices range high; what could be procured for £5 ten years ago now fetches £30. Whether the war will bring prices down remains to be seen. Sixteenth-century apostle spoons realize from £30 to £90 under the hammer, according to style, age, condition, and other determining factors. Earlier spoons than the sixteenth century bring higher prices, anything from £50 to £100. The Seal-top Spoon