Spoon with Lion's Head (with Fork and Knife)
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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Spoon has large pointed bowl with stylized lion's head on the back. Flared stem with engraved decoration, on front scrolls and leaves (acanthus), on the back an elephant surrounded with scrolls and leaves (acanthus).
- Credit Line
- The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1985-103-187
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- cutlery
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- spoon
- Type
- spoon
- Medium
- silver, gold
- Dimensions
- L x W x D: 19.4 × 4 × 3.5 cm (7 5/8 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
- Place
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1985-103-187
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq473de1d42-d379-4f31-aa04-cb69fe73f7fe
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