Spoon, 2006.M.103

Spoon, 2006.M.103 is held by German Blade Museum (Germany). Description supplied by the holding institution: The egg-shaped bowl is engraved on the reverse with arabesques and strapwork; a putto head is attached at the base.

The hexagonal handle bears engraved inscriptions: "GOTT BESCHERT DAS MICH VERNEHRT and "QUERENTES DOMINUM COPIA (Die den Herrn suchen, ernährt reichliche Fülle) [Those who seek the Lord are nourished by abundant plenty]. The handle is surmounted by a rampant lion holding a coat of arms in one paw and a cauldron in the other. The lion with the cauldron, which is also found in the right half of the coat of arms, is the crest of the Nuremberg Oelhafen von Schöllenbach families (Siebmacher 1975, vol.

1, plate 212). The left side of the shield shows a hunting horn hung on a branch, the coat of arms of the Nuremberg Schweiker family (see Spitzer Collection, no. 90. Elisabeth Oelhafen (1545–1592) married Jeremias Schweiker, who originated from Nuremberg, in Leipzig in 1563 (Nuremberg Catalogue 1985, text to no. 40). Consistent with this, another spoon from the same set bears Leipzig marks (Hackenbroch 1969, no.… The collection record gives measurements Gesamtlänge: 206 mm; Gewicht: 60 g; format: Silber teilvergoldet; (Material/Technik) [Partially gilt silver; (Material/technique)].

Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.