Spoon whose handle is surmounted by a deer's head
Also known as: Lepel waarvan de steel bekroond wordt door een hertekop
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1500 - c. 1700
The cast spoon, assembled from two parts, has a hammered (?) circular bowl and a handle whose stem base is decorated with an acanthus leaf and whose transversely ribbed upper section terminates in the head of a deer.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17244; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique casting; measurements length 12.7 cm x width 5.6 cm x height 1.8 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- length 12.7 cm x width 5.6 cm x height 1.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 12.7 cm x width 5.6 cm x height 1.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel waarvan de steel bekroond wordt door een hertekop
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17244
- 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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