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Spoon with pear-shaped bowl and handle crowned with a hoof
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The pear-shaped bowl is connected by a needle to the four-sided stem, which is bent and pinched at the base and then straight. The short, pinched section is faceted at the top. Where the four-sided section splits, it gives the impression that the faceted part connects. The stem is separated from the crown in the form of a goat's foot with a naturalistically worked surface by a profile closed on both sides with a wreath of engraved leaf motifs.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineLepel met peervormige bak en steel bekroond met hoef. 1650. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.