Folding Spoon with Damascened Floral Handle
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1700
name: label: Maker
content: FGS
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oval-shaped spoon bowl, rattail at the back of the bowl. Plain flat neck, hinged. Handle flat, flaring towards the angular trifid end, decorated with stylized floral damascening with cupid with bow and arrow. Small silver band with engraved decoration. Bowl folds towards handle.
place: label: made in
content: possibly Carlsbad, Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1985-103-250
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: folding spoon
label: Type
content: folding spoon
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, steel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (overall): 18.1 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm (7 1/8 × 1 5/8 × 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W x D (folded): 9.8 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm (3 7/8 × 1 5/8 × 13/16 in.)