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Spoon with round bowl and a six-sided stem

Also known as: Lepel met ronde bak en een zeszijdige steel

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

c. 1590 - c. 1596

Spoon with round bowl and a rat-tail on the underside. Straight stem of hexagonal cross-section. Bearing a quality mark. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-7681-3; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 6.2 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
tin (metal)
Technique
casting
Measurements
diameter 6.2 cm
Dimensions museum
length 17.7 cm

Identification

Original title
Lepel met ronde bak en een zeszijdige steel
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-NM-7681-3
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.
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