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Spoon
Bently, William (Apprenticed to John Jones and freed 16 September 1583. Lived in the Parish of St Martin's. Kent, 1992, p. 71)
Spoon, silver, pear-shaped bowl, tapering hexagonal stem with rudimentary V-shaped rat-tail, gilded finial in the form of a three-quarter-length Buddha- or Vishnu-like figure.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51461
Creation/Production
Bently, William
Date: 1630 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): 18.1
Width
(cm): 4.9
Length
(in): 7
Width
(in): 1
Weight
(gr): 46.34
Techniques
sunk
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver
Location
In store
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