Figure-top spoon
Object type: Spoon
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Lüneberg
Artist: Tonnies Dierssen
Artist bio: master in 1557, died 1590
Artist role: Maker
Date: ca. 1560–90
Medium: Silver gilt
Dimensions: 7 1/8 × 2 3/16 in. (18.1 × 5.6 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel P. Avery, 1897
Accession year: 1897
Tags: Human Figures|Animals