Spoon of cut rock crystal with gilded silver
Also known as: Lepel van geslepen bergkristal met verguld zilver
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1600 - 1650
Spoon from a cutlery set consisting of knife, fork, and spoon, made of cut rock crystal, mounted in sections on double, decorated gilded silver rosettes. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15250-A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements height 16.5 cm.
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
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- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- height 16.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 16.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel van geslepen bergkristal met verguld zilver
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15250-A
- Museum classification
- spoon · tafelbestek
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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