Spoon

Metalwork Collection

Accession Nr.:	84.224.1
Date of production:	17th century
Place of production:	Poland (presumably); Germany (presumably)

Inscription:	feloldatlan jegyei XIX. századiak
Materials:	silver
Techniques:	cast; chased
Dimensions:	length: 19,8 cm weight: 60 g

The hemispherical repoussed ladle is joined by a section that ends in the middle of the back. The join is decorated on the front with the figure of an armoured knight in a cartouche the back shows an empty escutcheon. Twisted handle the finial shows the statuette of Justitia, with closed eyes, holding scales and a sword in her hands.

Literature

Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 188. (Mikes Ildikó)

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