Spoon with birth inscription: Joannes de Clercq, Geboren den 14 Juny 1842
Also known as: Lepel met geboorte-inscriptie: Joannes de Clercq, Geboren den 14 Juny 1842
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1840
The pointed oval bowl is joined by a single drop to the flat, curved handle, which widens towards the slightly waisted spatulate terminal. The underside of the handle is bordered by a reeded edge and a similar border runs around the spatulate terminal on the upper side. Engraved on the underside of the bowl: Joannes de Clercq, Geboren den 14 Juny 1842. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-BR-743-A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 21.5 cm x width 4.5 cm x depth 3 cm x weight 77 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- length 21.5 cm x width 4.5 cm x depth 3 cm x weight 77 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 21.5 cm x width 4.5 cm x depth 3 cm x weight 77 g
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel met geboorte-inscriptie: Joannes de Clercq, Geboren den 14 Juny 1842
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-BR-743-A
- Museum classification
- spoon
Catalogue references
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Research required
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