Apostle Spoon with St. Thomas or St. Matthew Finial
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1661
notes: label: Description
content: With a long slender handle rectangular in section, terminating in a slightly oval bowl. Handle tapering slightly and terminating in finial of cast figure of an apostle apparently holding a carpenter's square, generally associated with St. Thomas, although earlier representations of St. Matthew also showed him with such a square.
place: label: made in
content: Exeter, England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Joseph Holtzman and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2006-7-1
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: spoon
label: Type
content: spoon
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: gold plated, silver
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D: 18.9 × 5 × 2.2 cm (7 7/16 × 1 15/16 × 7/8 in.)