Spoon with silver handle, pear-shaped bowl of shell. Retractable handle is surmounted by a pinecone.
Also known as: Lepel met steel van zilver, peervormige bak van schelp. Inschuifbare steel wordt bekroond door een pijnappel.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1550 - 1650
Spoon with a silver handle and a pear-shaped bowl of shell. The handle is surmounted by a pinecone and is retractable. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-858; its record gives material recorded as shell (animal material), gilding (material), silver (metal); technique gild; measurements length 15.6 cm x width 4.8 cm x weight 32 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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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- shell (animal material), gilding (material), silver (metal)
- Technique
- gild
- Measurements
- length 15.6 cm x width 4.8 cm x weight 32 g
- Dimensions museum
- length 15.6 cm x width 4.8 cm x weight 32 g
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel met steel van zilver, peervormige bak van schelp. Inschuifbare steel wordt bekroond door een pijnappel.
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-858
- Museum classification
- spoon
Catalogue references
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Research required
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