communion spoon
Also known as: lingură de cuminecat
Record status
Individual type · partial
communion spoon is held by Romanian Peasant Museum. Museum description: Precious Christian object with which holy communion is administered throughout the year for the swift communion of all the sick and children.
Piece consisting of two parts: a box with a lid (a round end and a rectangular arm) and a wooden spoon with a handle. The spoon was painted: on the handle oblique lines and on the bowl appears a simplified scene of the Nativity of Jesus - Joseph, Mary, Jesus and the eye of God. Colours: red, dark blue, yellow, yellowish - the natural colour of brass and gold leaf. The museum record gives measurements box - L: 22.5 cm, W: 10 cm, h: 5.5 cm; spoon - L: 19.5 cm, W: 4.5 cm.
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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- wood; dyeing; cutting; carving; painting
- Dimensions
- cutie - L: 22,5 cm, LA: 10 cm, î: 5,5 cm; lingură - L: 19,5 cm, LA: 4,5 cm
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_1858e931bba545e2b5a82bd797f3021d
- Museum object name
- lingură de cuminecat
- Holding institution
- Romanian Peasant 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.
Research required
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