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Spoon
Spoon, silver, shallow pear-shaped bowl, flattened slightly tapering hexagonal stem, 'maidenhead' finial in the form of the head and shoulders of a young woman with long hair rising out of a calyx of leaves. Very worn: excavated state.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51447
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): 15.8
Width
(cm): 4.6
Length
(in): 6
Width
(in): 1
Weight
(gr): 32.39
Techniques
sunk
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver, sterling standard
Location
In store
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