Spoon

48-2-188

From: Italy | Orvieto | Etruria

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-188
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Italy | Orvieto | Etruria
Date Made 1400-1599 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Spoon cleaned in 1966. Breaks across the upper third of the bowl and between the stem and bowl are repaired with solder. The bowl is fig-shaped, and the stem is hexagonal in section. The knopf is a torso of a man wearing a breast plate and helmet. Stamped on the back of the bowl, just under the stem, is a Maltese cross.

Length 14.9 cm
Width 4.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 136 - Collector Number | L-2-258 - Old Loan Number

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