Pewter spoon
Also known as: Lepel van tin
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1550 - 1600
Pewter spoon. The handle is hexagonal. The bowl is a gentle oval shape. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-14544; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique casting; measurements length 16.5 cm x height 1.2.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- tin (metal)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- length 16.5 cm x height 1.2
- Dimensions museum
- length 16.5 cm x height 1.2
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel van tin
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-14544
- Museum classification
- spoon
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against silver and hallmark references.