Spoon with egg-shaped bowl and stem surmounted by a herm figure
Also known as: Lepel met eivormige bak en steel bekroond met hermenfiguur
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1673
The egg-shaped bowl is joined by means of a rattail to the three-sided, curved stem that tapers towards the finial. This is composed of soft, fluid forms and is surmounted by a herm figure.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-14898; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 17.6 cm x weight 62 g. 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
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- length 17.6 cm x weight 62 g
- Dimensions museum
- width 5.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel met eivormige bak en steel bekroond met hermenfiguur
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-14898
- 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
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