Spoon with pear-shaped bowl and handle surmounted by a man with hat and walking stick.
Also known as: Lepel met peervormige bak en steel bekroond door een man met hoed en wandelstok.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1674
Silver spoon, with a pear-shaped bowl. The handle is surmounted by a man with a hat and walking stick. The letters G.D are engraved on the underside of the bowl. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-2940; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 17.4 cm x weight 50 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
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- length 17.4 cm x weight 50 g
- Dimensions museum
- width 5.6 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel met peervormige bak en steel bekroond door een man met hoed en wandelstok.
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-2940
- 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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