Silver spoon with embossed bowl
Also known as: Lepel van zilver met gedreven bak
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1400 - c. 1950
Silver spoon with an oval embossed bowl and a triangular-section handle with a chased auricular ornament at the base. At the top, the handle widens into three thicknesses, like animal toes. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-2380; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 11 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- length 11 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 11 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel van zilver met gedreven bak
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-2380
- 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.