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Spoon
Spoon, silver, egg-shaped bowl later gilded inside, joined to the stem by a shallow ridged rat-tail, the stem flat and widening towards the rounded trefid terminal formed by two simple V-notches; die-stamped decoration of floral scrolls and roses on the reverse of the bowl either side of the rat-tail and on the front of the trefid terminal. Surface defects.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51483
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1685 ca
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): 20.6
Width
(cm): 4.8
Length
(in): 8
Width
(in): 1
Weight
(gr): 50.4
Techniques
sunk
forming
Applied Art
die-struck
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver
Location
In store
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