Spoon of grey and yellow agate
Also known as: Lepel van grijze en gele agaat
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600 - c. 1699
Spoon with an oval bowl of grey agate and a handle, with a hook-shaped end, of yellow agate. Both parts are joined by a gilded silver band with stamped ornament. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-620; its record gives material recorded as agate (chalcedony); measurements length 15 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
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- agate (chalcedony)
- Measurements
- length 15 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 15 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel van grijze en gele agaat
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-620
- 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.