Spoon with pear-shaped bowl and pilaster-shaped stem, surmounted by John the Evangelist with the chalice
Also known as: Lepel met peervormige bak en pilastervormige steel, bekroond met Johannes de Evangelist met de kelk.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1625 - 1650
Silver spoon with pear-shaped bowl. The straight stem is surmounted by John the Evangelist with the chalice. On the back of the bowl the letters AS and BH are engraved, as well as an alliance coat of arms. Marked with maker's mark L.S. Lolle Jeltes, Bolsward. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-11164; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 17.6 cm x width 5.4 cm x weight 34 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)
- Measurements
- length 17.6 cm x width 5.4 cm x weight 34 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 17.6 cm x width 5.4 cm x weight 34 g
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel met peervormige bak en pilastervormige steel, bekroond met Johannes de Evangelist met de kelk.
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-11164
- Museum classification
- spoon
Catalogue references
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