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Medicine spoon

Also known as: Medicinsked

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Medicine spoon is held by Naval Museum. Museum description: Medicine spoon of horn, oval cupped spoon with oval pointed handle. Material mottled, the spoon bowl light yellowish turning on the handle into dark brown with white inclusions.; Use: For dispensing liquid medicine.

The museum record gives material recorded as Horn; measurements width 44.0 mm. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
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Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
Horn
Dimensions
Bredd 44.0 mm

Technical characteristics

Technique
image/jpeg; text/plain

Identification

Europeana id
/916108/smm_mm_object_MM160882
Museum object name
Medicinsked
Holding institution
Naval Museum

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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