Spoon with oval bowl and stem surmounted by Stadtholder Willem III
Also known as: Lepel met ovale bak en steel bekroond met stadhouder Willem III
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1653
The oval bowl is joined by means of a faceted rat-tail to the cast stem, the lower triangular section of which, composed of auricular motifs, encloses the upper, quadrangular, widening section.
The latter is set diagonally and is surmounted by a four-sided Ionic capital, on which the armoured stadtholder Willem II stands with a baton and a long sword. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1959-84; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique gild; measurements length 17.3 cm x weight 58 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- gild
- Measurements
- length 17.3 cm x weight 58 g
- Dimensions museum
- width 5.1 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel met ovale bak en steel bekroond met stadhouder Willem III
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1959-84
- Museum classification
- spoon
Catalogue references
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