Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Spoon

Spoon, silver, pear-shaped bowl, flat tapering hexagonal stem, gilded finial in the form of a figure of St James the Greater with a dove nimbus holding a pilgrim's staff.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 51475

Creation/Production

Cary, Daniel
Date: 1638-1639

Acquisition

Purchase - with support, 3/5/2001
Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Goldsmiths' Company.

Measurements

Length (cm): 18.6
Width (cm): 5.3
Length (in): 7
Width (in): 2
Weight (gr): 61.46

Techniques

sunk
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art

Material

silver, sterling standard

Location

Gallery 02 : Case C

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