Spoon, c. 1660
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1660
Silver spoon, with a hexagonal stem. This is surmounted by a statuette of perhaps the Blessed Virgin with the Child. Engraved with initials G.E. and a maker's mark I.M. = Jan Melgchers Oostervelt, master in 1611 in Leeuwarden.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-11165; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 18.5 cm x weight 35.3 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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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- length 18.5 cm x weight 35.3 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 18.5 cm x weight 35.3 g
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-11165
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against silver and hallmark references.