Gilt-silver spoon
Also known as: Lepel van verguld zilver
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600
Gilt-silver spoon, with pear-shaped, almost round bowl. The stem is diamond-shaped in cross-section. The following names are engraved on the stem: Ocker Gillise van Kurpershoeck and Ingetie Ockers.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1968-28; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), silver (metal); technique gild; measurements diameter 6.2 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
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- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gilding (material), silver (metal)
- Technique
- gild
- Measurements
- diameter 6.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 19.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel van verguld zilver
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1968-28
- 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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