Spoon with handle terminal in the form of an eagle's head
Also known as: Lepel met uiteinde van de steel in de vorm van een arendskop
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1575 - c. 1600
Spoon made of jasper mounted with silver-gilt. Handle terminal in the form of an eagle's head. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-7260; its record gives material recorded as jasper, silver (metal); technique gild; measurements length 13.8 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- jasper, silver (metal)
- Technique
- gild
- Measurements
- length 13.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 13.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel met uiteinde van de steel in de vorm van een arendskop
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-7260
- 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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