Spoon from a ginger service
Also known as: Lepel van gembercouvert
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1903
Silver spoon, with an egg-shaped bowl. The handle widens toward the end, where it is decorated on the upper and underside with a daffodil. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1977-254-A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 16.5 cm x width 3.8 cm x depth 1.7 cm x weight 38 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- length 16.5 cm x width 3.8 cm x depth 1.7 cm x weight 38 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 16.5 cm x width 3.8 cm x depth 1.7 cm x weight 38 g
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel van gembercouvert
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1977-254-A
- 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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