Spoon with pear-shaped bowl and stem surmounted by a hoof
Also known as: Lepel met peervormige bak en steel bekroond met hoef
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1650
The pear-shaped bowl is joined by means of a needle to the four-sided stem, which is curved and constricted at the junction, and straight thereafter. The short, constricted section is faceted on the upper side.
Where the four-sided section splits, the impression is given that the faceted section joins it. The stem is separated by a moulding, enclosed on both sides by a wreath of engraved leaf motifs, from the finial in the form of a goat's foot with a naturalistically worked surface. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-10932; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 17.8 cm x weight 52 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 17.8 cm x weight 52 g
- Dimensions museum
- width 5.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel met peervormige bak en steel bekroond met hoef
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-10932
- 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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