deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Vier foto's van Veere
Object type: photograph
Date: 1907 – 1925
Materials: paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: veere
Artist: hendrik herman van den berg
Artist role: amateurfotograaf, jurist
Artist dates: 1875 – 1944
Subjects: church (exterior), townhall
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Veere - Campveerensche Toren’, inscription: ‘Veere - Stadhuis’, inscription: ‘Veere’, inscription: ‘Veere - Stadhuis’

Deze foto's maken deel uit van een album.
Hanger met viooltje
Object type: pendant jewelry
Date: 1930 – 1940
Materials: silver
Techniques: filigree
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Inscriptions: alloy mark

Ovale hanger in filigrein van zilver met viooltje voorzien van een draadoog.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 490 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Exterior, head of bearded male with fillet
De Friese vorsten, hertogen, koningen en hoofdelingen
Object type: print
Date: 1622 – 1622
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, letterpress printing
Location: franeker
Subjects: juw dekama
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

De prent is ook als boekillustratie gebruikt in: Winsemius, P.W. Chronique ofte Historische geschiedenisse van Vrieslant (...). Franeker: Joannes Lamrinck, 1622.
Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 475 – 451
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Exterior, head and part of upper torso of draped male to left
One man lifting another
Object type: print
Date: 1880 – 1910
Techniques: lithography
Artist: josé guadalupe posada
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: mexican
Artist dates: 1852 – 1913
Subjects: men
Covered Tripod Jar
Object type: vessel
Materials: earthenware, glaze, lead
Location: china
Bernardus Albertus, theolog Aúgúst
Object type: print
Date: 1688 – 1688
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: nuremberg
Subjects: theologian, historical persons

Prent uit: Freher, Paul. Theatrum virorum eruditione clarorum. Neurenberg: Johann Hoffmann, 1688.
Edelman te paard en bedelende jongen
Object type: print
Date: 1834 – 1845
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: dordrecht
Subjects: riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman, beggar, dog
Inscriptions: watermark: ‘&Z’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

De edelman zit schuin op zijn paard en kijkt naar de jongen met zijn hond. Deze houdt zijn hand omhoog.
Seated female figurine of the dea gravida type
Object type: statuette of a woman
Date: 600 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: cypriot
Subjects: women

The figurine was made from a worn mold. It is solid except for the concave base. The right arm is handmade; the left is missing. She sits on a seat without arms.
Embleem: vlammenzee
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1695 – 1705
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: nuremberg
Subjects: flight, running away; pursuing, setting on fire (of conquered city), abstract ideas and concepts
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Boekillustratie voor Weigel, Christoph. Ethica Naturalis seu Documenta Moralia e Variis rerum Naturalium proprietatibus Virtutum Vitiorumq symbolicis imaginibus collecta. Neurenberg: Christoph Weigel: c. 1700.
Lozenge-shaped Pendant and Two Trapezoid Motifs
Object type: print collection ornament architecture
Date: 1622 – 1622
Techniques: embroidery, engraving
Artist: giovanni battista costantini
Artist role: printmaker
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1615 – 1628
Subjects: pendants

Print from a series of six with goldsmith's designs in blackwork. This print shows designs for three elements of goldsmith's work with four fantastical creatures. In the center a lozenge-shaped pendant is presented. It is surrounded by a frame of organically-shaped openwork. Two bird-like hybrid creatures hold up a string to which the pendant seems to be attached. On the outer ends of the string, trapezoid motifs are attached. On the bottom of the print, on the two sides of the lozenge-shaped pendant, there are two larger hybrid creatures.
Tremissis of Theophilos - 7
Object type: coin
Date: 829 – 843
Materials: gold
Culture: byzantine

These coins, called a tremissis and a third of a solidus, was produced by the imperial mint at Syracuse, Sicily. Theophilos was the last of three emperors who supported iconoclasm, the rejection of figural images for Christian worship that led to the destruction of icons and other works. Theophilos appears on both sides of these coins wearing and holding the Christian symbol approved of by the iconoclasts, the cross. With his death, the Byzantine Empire returned to the veneration of icons. Byzantine currency set the financial standard for the Mediterranean world into the thirteenth century. The images on the coins identified the ruler and concepts he wished to encourage.
Rome: Palazzo Spada
Object type: photograph
Date: 1850 – 1899
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: palazzo spada
Fragments of a terracotta kylix: Komast cup
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 570 – 570
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic
Artist: falmouth painter
Artist role: artist

Komasts (revelers) a: parts of 3 komasts and handle ornaments b: rosette and part of leg c: handle attachment d: handle ornament
Man zittend op een bank met uitzicht op water en bergen
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1848 – 1888
Materials: paper, pencil
Artist: anton mauve
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1838 – 1888
Subjects: sitting figure (+ male human being (not to be used where -a- is prescribed)), mountains

Blad 14 verso uit een schetsboek met 42 bladen.
Portret van een vrouw met een parelketting in de hand
Object type: print
Date: 1658 – 1677
Materials: paper
Techniques: mezzotint
Artist: wallerant vaillant
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1623 – 1677
Subjects: pearl; pearl necklace (+ women's clothes)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Silver Drachm of Ariobarzanes I
Object type: drachm
Date: 96 – 63
Materials: silver
Culture: greek

Ariobarzanes I was the king of Cappadocia from 95 B.C. to ca. 63 B.C. He was the first Hellenistic ruler to take the epithet Philoromaios (Friend of the Romans), as in the legend on this silver drachm. When he took control of Cappadocia from the preceding Ariarathid dynasty, Ariobarzanes continued to use the same iconography to legitimize his rule, choosing Athena Nikephoros (carrying Nike) for the reverse of the coin.
Half Length Sketch of Girl with Crossed Arms
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Materials: chalk, paper
Location: italy
Artist: unknown italian artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1500 – 1599
Portret van Leopold Joseph von Daun
Object type: print
Date: 1754 – 1799
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: commander-in-chief, general, marshal, historical persons

Prent heeft mogelijk deel uitgemaakt van een grotere prent die versneden is.
Portret van Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) op ivoor
Object type: miniature
Date: 1600 – 1699
Materials: ivory
Techniques: pen on ivory
Location: netherlands
Artist: clemens nachtegaal
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1675 – 1749
Subjects: amsterdam, joost van den vondel, netherlands
Inscriptions: signature: ‘Nachtegaal fecit’, inscription: ‘Joost van den Vondel’, signature: ‘Nachtegaqal f:’

Ovale dunne schijf ivoor waarop in pen getekend het borstbeeld van een man. Onder tekening gesigneerd 'Nachtegaal f' en op de achterkant met 'Nachtegaal fecit'. Het portret is dat van een oude man met een kalotje en een vierkante kraag. Dit portret zat oorspronkelijk in een dubbellijst met dat van Const. Huijgens. (NG-KOG-1525-B).
Ovalen ivoren portretje, lijst ontbreekt, pen op ivoor. Oudere man met kort haar, slik en kalotje, brede platte kraag, zwart hemd, enigszins naar rechts gewend.
The Turf Macaroni
Object type: cartoon
Date: 1771 – 1771
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: london
Subjects: politician, caricatures (human types), historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Satire op Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton. Portret ten voeten uit, lopend naar links in modieuze kleding. Hij draagt hoge rijlaarzen, de kousenband op zijn knie, een kleine hoed, zijn haar in een grote bos samengebonden op zijn rug en een lange rijzweep in de hand. Zijn kleding verwijst naar zijn grote liefde voor het paardenrennen. Prent nummer 12 uit de eerste van zes sets van elk 24 karikaturen van verschillende dames, heren, kunstenaars, enz., uitgegeven door de Darly’s.
Huis in een park aan een grote vijver, Frankfurt am Main [?], Duitsland
Object type: photograph
Date: 1885 – 1895
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: Anonymous

Huis in een park aan een grote vijver, Frankfurt am Main [?], Duitsland.
Inlay fragment, with lotus in a pool
Object type: inlay fragment
Date: 100 – 100
Materials: glass
Location: egypt

A mosaic glass technique allowed multiples of an image to be created: a figural or design composition was made by bundling colored glass canes, which were then drawn out into a long bar. The bar was then sectioned at right angles, probably by striking the bar with appropriate tools, to produce small inlay tiles. The tile would then be smoothed and polished on the face intended to appear outwards.
Glass network mosaic fragment
Object type: fragment, network
Date: 34 – 33
Materials: glass
Culture: roman

Rim fragment. Translucent turquoise blue, opaque yellow, and colorless. Applied coil rim with thin vertical lip; convex side, curving inward at bottom. Rim in blue with yellow spiral thread; body decorated with eleven narrow horizontal colorless canes decorated with two spirally twisted yellow threads. Pinprick bubbles; polished exterior, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy iridescence weathering on interior; iridescent weathering on jagged edges.
Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Object type: skyphos fragment
Date: 460 – 450
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic
Gelderse groot uit Arnhem van hertog Willem I, 1377-1393
Object type: coin
Date: 1377 – 1393
Materials: silver
Techniques: striking
Location: arnhem
Artist: willem van gulik (hertog van gelre)
Artist dates: 1364 – 1402

Zilveren munt. Voorzijde: toernooihelm binnen zespas. Keerzijde: kort gevoet kruis met letters A,N,R en S.
Plattegrond van Coevorden, ca. 1701-1715
Object type: drawing
Date: 1701 – 1715
Materials: paper
Location: netherlands
Artist: samuel du ry de champdoré
Artist role: draughtsman, engineer
Artist dates: 1651 – 1729
Subjects: fortress, maps of cities
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2166

Plattegrond van de versterkingen om de stad Coevorden, ca. 1701-1715. Onderdeel van een verzameling getekende plannen van versterkte plaatsen in Nederland en omringende landen ten tijde van de Spaanse Successieoorlog (deel B).
Death of Willem IV, Prince of Orange (1711–1751)
Object type: medal
Date: 1751 – 1751
Materials: silver
Artist: johann georg holtzhey
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: dutch
Artist dates: 1729 – 1808
Soldaten die zich laten bedienen
Object type: drawing
Date: 1605 – 1653
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: pieter fransz de grebber
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1600 – 1653
Subjects: 43b31(+29)
Minnewaart in 't Vrouwtje van den Donau vervuld door de Heer Sardet
Object type: print
Date: 1805 – 1836
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Artist: johannes jelgerhuis
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1770 – 1836
Subjects: dirk sardet, actor (on the stage)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 1641, stamp

De acteur de heer Sardet als Minnewaart, gekleed in fantasiekostuum. Prent uit een serie van tien met Nederlandse acteurs en actrices in verschillende rollen. Onderwerpsrubrieken binnen de Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Tooneel, Portretten van toneelspelers.
Fort Nassau en Fort Belgica
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1875 – 1890
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: banda neira
Artist: c. dietrich (fotograaf)
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: fortifications, military engineering
Gore, Center Field, New York, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes
Object type: baseball card, photograph
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: goodwin & company
Artist role: publisher
Artist dates: 1850 – 1950
Subjects: men,portraits,baseball,athletes

From the Old Judge Cigarettes series N173, 1887-1889. Series consists of 407 cabinet cards total, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art owns 152. Issued by Goodwin & Company, New York.
Limestone statue of Artemis with quiver and fawn
Object type: statue of artemis with quiver and fawn
Date: 300 – 1
Materials: limestone
Culture: cypriot
Subjects: artemis,lambs

The goddess wears a long, belted chiton, partially hiding the shod feet. A large overfold falls to the top of the thighs. There is red paint on the shoulders, the breasts, and the sides. Behind the left shoulder, a baldric holds a thick quiver that is broken at the top. The right arm was at the side of the body, the hand may have held a bow. At the level of the abdomen, the left hand holds a fawn or a lamb, the feet of which are bent and the floppy ears painted red.
Hoekmeter
Object type: angle measuring device
Date: 1582 – 1582
Materials: brass
Techniques: casting, engraving
Location: western europe
Artist: Anonymous
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Pro declinatione muri’

Goniometer (surveyor's instrumentfor measuring angles). Brass. Western Europe, 1582. On loan from the Royal Antiquarian Society.
Jonge vrouw knielend voor een veldheer in zijn tent (Scipio?)
Object type: drawing
Date: 1698 – 1737
Materials: chalk, paper
Subjects: the continence of scipio: he restores a captive woman to her bridegroom allucius, who kneels before him; the ransom offered by the bride's parents is given to allucius as a wedding-gift
Inscriptions: collector's mark, verso, centre: Lugt 2228, collector's mark, verso, centre: Lugt 2760, annotation, verso, lower right, pencil: ‘Ecole française / La supplication’, stamp, verso, lower right, stamped in purple ink: ‘douane centrale / exportation / Paris’
De Oostkerk te Middelburg
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1746 – 1760
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: church (exterior)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Gezicht op de Oostkerk te Middelburg, in de situatie omstreeks 1743.
Child
Object type: bust
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: bronze
Artist: françois duquesnoy
Artist role: artist
Artist dates: 1594 – 1643
Subjects: children
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 520 – 510
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, part of wreathed head and neck of youth to right; one letter of an inscription, O; Exterior, round shield, heel, and foot of warrior to left; warrior to right, with round shield seen from the inside, and spear in right hand; round shield, in three-quarter view, of a third warrior
Beeld van Justitia (Gerechtigheid) op de voorgevel van het Stadhuis op de Dam
Object type: print
Date: 1663 – 1668
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: hubert quellinus
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1619 – 1687
Subjects: justice, 'justitia'; 'giustitia divina' (ripa) ~ one of the four cardinal virtues, justitia (justice) as roman personification, townhall
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘16’ Lugt 1641b

Prent gebruikt in: Secunca pars Praecipuarum effigierum ac ornamentorum amplissime Curiae Amstelrodamensis maiori ex parte in cadido marmore effectorum per Artum Quellinium eiusdem Civitatis Statuarium / Het tweede deel Van de voornaemste Statuen ende Cieraten van 't konst-rijcke Stadt-huys van Amstelredam 'tmeeste in Marmer gemaeckt door Artus Quellinus Beelthouwer der voorseyde Stadt. Amsterdam: Artus Quellinus (I), 1663. En in: Secunca pars Praecipuarum effigierum ac ornamentorum amplissime Curiae Amstelrodamensis maiori ex parte in cadido marmore effectorum per Artum Quellinium eiusdem Civitatis Statuarium / Het tweede deel Van de voornaemste Statuen ende Cieraten van 't konst-rijcke Stadt-huys van Amstelredam 'tmeeste in Marmer gemaeckt door Artus Quellinus Beelthouwer der voorseyde Stadt. Amsterdam: Frederik de Wit, 1668.

Latere staat van prent ook gebruikt in: Architecture peinture et sculpture de la Maison de Ville d'Amsterdam, representee en CIX. figures en taille-douce (…). Amsterdam: David Mortier, 1719. En in: Architecture peinture et sculpture de la Maison de Ville d'Amsterdam, representee en CIX. figures en taille-douce (…). Amsterdam: Gerard Valck, 1719. En in: Bouw schilder en beeldhouwkonst, van het Stadhuis te Amsteldam, vertoont in CIX figuuren (…). Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier & Covens Jr., s.a. (1774-1783).
Fragment patroonhuls met beslag uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
Object type: cartridge shell
Date: 1700 – 1743
Materials: copper, lead
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: verenigde oostindische compagnie, hollandia (schip), annet

Cartridge case, tube solder; id. NG 1979-205H549 with copper tube fragm.
Textile Sample Book
Object type: sample book
Date: 1701 – 1800
Portret van Willem III, prins van Oranje
Object type: print
Date: 1670 – 1709
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: low countries
Subjects: the hague, william iii (prince of orange and king of england, scotland, and ireland), knighthood order (garter) - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 963

Portret van Willem III in een ovaal. Midden onder zijn wapen met een kroon, gedecoreerd met de Kousenband en het devies van de Orde van de Kousenband. In een kader zijn naam.
Saint Gothard, W. Wasen, from Picturesque Selections
Object type: print
Date: 1860 – 1860
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: england
Artist: james duffield harding
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist nationality: english
Artist dates: 1798 – 1863
Kaart van het kwartier Zevenwouden
Object type: map
Date: 1664 – 1664
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: friesland
Subjects: coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.), maps of separate countries or regions, farmers
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Linksboven titelcartouche met daarnaast een manfiguur met een hooivork, daaronder legenda. Rechtsboven het wapen van Zevenwouden, rechtsonder drie schaalstokken: Milliare Germanicum commune quorum 15 uni gradui respondent / Een gemeene Duytsche myle van 15 in een graedt, Milliare Belgicum sive hora itineris / Een Nederlandtsche myle ofte uyre gaens, 1500 perticae regales.
De grote apostelen
Object type: print
Date: 1631 – 1631
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: nancy
Subjects: the apostle philip; possible attributes: book, cross, dish with snake, lance, scroll, stone, sword, philip is crucified (sometimes upside down), story of the banishment of a dragon out of the temple of mars
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Filippus, ten voeten uit, een staf in de ene hand en een boek in de andere hand. Op de achtergrond links is te zien hoe Filippus een draak uitdrijft; op de achtergrond rechts is te zien hoe hij wordt gekruisigd. Deze prent is onderdeel van een reeks van 16 prenten, bestaande uit een titelblad en 15 portretten, voorstellende Christus, Maria en de apostelen.
Portret van Alfred von Henikstein
Object type: print
Date: 1866 – 1866
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing, engraving
Subjects: historical persons, officer, medals and other marks of military honour

Prent uit: Über Land und Meer, nr. 41, juli 1866.
Clearing Weather after Snow at Massaki
Object type: print
Date: 1797 – 1858
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: woodblock print
Culture: japanese
Artist: utagawa hiroshige
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1797 – 1858
Subjects: trees,snow,boats
Wedding ensemble
Object type: wedding ensemble
Date: 1864 – 1864
Materials: cotton
Culture: french

A rounded shoulderline that enhanced the length of the neck was prized through most of the nineteenth century. From the 1830s to the 1880s, it was accomplished by the lowered splayed stance of corset straps. The open neckline apparent in this wedding dress and the underbodice of this summer gown from the period suggests its romantic effect.
Terracotta fragments of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Object type: skyphos fragment
Date: 500 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

One fragment depicts a draped woman to left with her arms extended, wearing a sakkos, chiton, and himation; part of a circumscribed palmette; a second fragment shows the chin, upper torso and arms of a draped figure holding a stick or staff in the left hand, and the right hand of a second figure holding a sprig of ivy; at the left, part of a circumscribed palmette; above the right hand, part of an inscription, ...EPHI...; below the circumscribed palmette, ...EAS
A group of people surrounding a horse, illustration for 'El Veterinario (The Veterinary: Collection of the best prescriptions for curing all domestic animals)' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
Object type: print
Date: 1880 – 1910
Materials: metal
Techniques: engraving
Artist: josé guadalupe posada
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: mexican
Artist dates: 1852 – 1913
Subjects: men,horses
Bokaal met deksel, met de wapens van de Zeven Verenigde Provinciën
Object type: lid
Date: 1725 – 1750
Materials: glass
Techniques: glassblowing, grinding
Location: bohemia
Artist: Anonymous

Gewelfde voet met omgeslagen rand. Balusterstam met geslepen facetten en langgerekte luchtbel. Conische kelk met facetten en voorts versierd, met de wapens der zeven geunieerde gewesten. Het deksel versierd met ornamentwerk.
Zijne vrouw C.E. Waller
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1868 – 1879
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: amsterdam
Artist: heinrich löwenstam
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1815 – 1887
Subjects: amsterdam, historical persons - bb - woman
Inscriptions: address: ‘AMSTERDAM/ Singel, J J 454.’
Portret van een onbekende vrouw als Maria, gekleed in een gedecoreerde mantel
Object type: page
Date: 1866 – 1871
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: historical persons not known by name - bb - woman, 'portraits' of mary
Bloemen en fruit
Object type: print
Date: 1744 – 1800
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: augsburg
Artist: gottlieb hess
Artist role: publisher
Subjects: fruits and vegetables ~ ornament, bunch of grapes
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Ontwerpen voor diverse bloemen en fruit. In het midden druiventrossen, bloemen en aren met linten links en rechts. Links- en rechts onder druiventrossen en ander fruit.
Cane handle
Object type: cane handle
Date: 1730 – 1740
Materials: gilt, hard paste porcelain, metal
Artist: meissen manufactory
Artist role: manufactory
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1710 – 9999
Subjects: birds,trees
Vervallen huis aan een rivier
Object type: print
Date: 1772 – 1772
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: paris
Subjects: rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage, ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, etc.
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240
Box of Four Trays with Design of Paulownia Crest
Object type: boxe
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: copper, gold, lacquer, silver
Culture: japanese
Fragment of lace
Object type: fragment
Date: 1701 – 1800
Techniques: lace
Decorated spoon
Object type: decorated spoon
Materials: faience
Location: egypt
Subjects: hands

Decorated spoons in the form of an arm and hand holding a shell have a long history in Egyptian Art. The Late New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period through Saite Period has produced a number of spoons consisting of a large shell-shaped bowl gripped by a long-fingered hand provided with only a wrist and lower forearm. Faience and fine grained stones are generally used. A number of examples of this kind are inscribed with names of gods and donors. This example and one other are the only examples of the numerous preserved examples of decorated spoons of any type that retain any signs of contents. This one has traces of a red pigment, which has suggested to some it may have been reused.