Spoon with a stem surmounted by a couple
Also known as: Lepel waarvan de steel bekroond wordt door een paar
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1400 - c. 1600
The cast spoon has a hammered, largely round bowl tapering to an oval at the junction, a stem with a triangular junction transitioning into a pillar surmounted by a couple.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17247; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique striking (metalworking), casting, brazed; measurements length 13.4 cm x width 5 cm x depth 2.2 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
- striking (metalworking), casting, brazed
- Measurements
- length 13.4 cm x width 5 cm x depth 2.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 13.4 cm x width 5 cm x depth 2.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel waarvan de steel bekroond wordt door een paar
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17247
- 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.