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Combination spoon, fork and toothpick
Combined spoon, fork and toothpick, silver gilt, the oval bowl of the spoon held by three sockets holding the three prongs of the fork and able to slide off these, the fork hinged to the stem and held fixed by a sliding sleeve, the stem of octagonal section with a moulded end into which screws a toothpick in the form of a female torso; decorated with a chased sea monster's head on the sleeve, engraved in the bowl a winged cherub's head blowing a pipe with swags bearing bunches of fruit issuing from his mouth, zig-zag lines engraved on the stem and the sliding sleeve.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51526
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): 3.4
Length
(cm): 16.1
Width
(cm): 4.6
Length
(cm): 14.3
Width
(cm): 1.3
Length
(cm): 7.3
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 6
Width
(in): 1
Length
(in): 5
Width
(in): 1
Length
(in): 2
Weight
(gr): 42.64
Techniques
forged
cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
Material
silver gilt
Location
In store
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