Spoon, 1740
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1740
Silver spoon with an oval bowl and a shaft with a triangular cross-section. Marks: Enkhuizen, sitting bird. Two marks of which one is a D in a circle, the other illegible. The Netherlands, circa 1740. The handle is surmounted by a depiction of a blacksmith behind his anvil. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12351; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 19.5 cm x length 7.5 cm. 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- length 19.5 cm x length 7.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 19.5 cm x length 7.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12351
- 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.