Spoon with a female herm
Also known as: Lepel met een vrouwelijke herme
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1550 - c. 1650
The spoon, which may have been cast in two parts, has an oval bowl and a handle in the form of a female herm. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17243; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique casting, brazed; measurements length 10.2 cm x width 5.2 cm x height 2.8 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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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- casting, brazed
- Measurements
- length 10.2 cm x width 5.2 cm x height 2.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 10.2 cm x width 5.2 cm x height 2.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel met een vrouwelijke herme
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17243
- 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.