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Combination spoon, fork and toothpick
Drière, Antoine de la, II
(Silversmith)
Combined spoon, fork and toothpick, silver, the oval bowl of the spoon held by four sockets holding two of the three prongs of the fork and able to slide off these, the fork linked to the stem by a female caryatid figure, above which it is hinged and held fixed by a sliding sleeve, the stem of square section and surmounted by a scrolled square capital, a toothpick in the form of the Virgin and Child screwed into the end; decorated with a cast head on the sleeve, an urn with flowers and scrolls engraved in the bowl, ovolos engraved on two faces of the stem.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51421
Creation/Production
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
Height
(cm): 3.3 (spoon)
Length
(cm): 17.5 (spoon)
Width
(cm): 4.4 (bowl)
Length
(cm): 14.8 (fork)
Width
(cm): 1.3 (fork)
Length
(cm): 6.1 (toothpick)
Height
(in): 1 5/16 (spoon)
Length
(in): 6 7/8 (spoon)
Width
(in): 1 3/4 (bowl)
Length
(in): 5 13/16 (fork)
Width
(in): 1/2 (fork)
Length
(in): 2 3/8 (toothpick)
Weight
(gr): 56.19
Material
Silver
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