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Spoon
Spoon, silver, pear-shaped bowl, flattened tapering hexagonal stem with a double-baluster finial in the form of an elongated baluster with gadrooned lower part surmounted by a gadrooned capital with circular seal top; traces of gilding on the finial, the top of the finial with a pricked inscription. The whole badly corroded.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51448
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1561
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): 17.6
Width
(cm): 5
Length
(in): 6
Width
(in): 2
Weight
(gr): 54.63
Techniques
sunk
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver, sterling standard
Location
In store
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