Spoon with engraved depiction of King William III and Queen Mary
Also known as: Lepel met gegraveerde voorstelling van koning Willem III en koningin Mary
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1689
Silver spoon. The egg-shaped bowl is fitted on the underside with a long, grooved rat-tail and is connected by a single acanthus leaf to the flat handle, curved at the base and straight thereafter, which widens towards the rounded end, terminating in three curled-up notches, a so-called "pied de biche".
Engraved on the upper side of the stem are the crowned profile busts of King William III and Queen Mary, with underneath along the length: WILLEM REX MARIA REGINA. GEKROONT. 21 APRIL. 1689. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-1660; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engraving; measurements length 18.1 cm x weight 46 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
- engraving
- Measurements
- length 18.1 cm x weight 46 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 18.1 cm x weight 46 g
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel met gegraveerde voorstelling van koning Willem III en koningin Mary
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-1660
- Museum classification
- spoon
Catalogue references
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