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Spoon
Spoon, silver gilt, an egg-shaped bowl joined to the stem with a ridged rat-tail, the flat tapering stem widening to form a trefid end; engraved on the reverse of the bowl with acanthus leaves either side of the rat-tail, on the front of the stem with a face amidst scrolling foliage and on the reverse of the stem with a blank oval cartouche amidst scrolling foliage.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51530
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): 14.5
Width
(cm): 3.3
Length
(in): 5
Width
(in): 1
Techniques
sunk
forming
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver gilt
silver, Britannia standard
Location
Gallery 07A North
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