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spoon
Object Type
spoon
Museum number
1866,1229.31
Description
Spoon; silver; engraved; egg-shaped bowl: smooth interior with faint relief ridges resembling the veins of a leaf; bowl joined to handle by vertical scroll; handle: tapers to a blunt point, changing from a square to octagonal in section; each handle facet carries a shallow groove.
Cultures/periods
Late Roman
Production date
4thC
Production place
Made in:
Rome (city)
(?)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
San Francesco di Paola ai Monti
, convent building (ruin of)
(?;grounds)
Materials
silver
Technique
bevelled
incised
Dimensions
Length:
210 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Shelton 1981 / The Esquiline Treasure
(24)
Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(326)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Louis, Duc de Blacas d'Aulps
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Baron von Schellerscheim
(?)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Monsignor Guilio Maria della Somaglia
(?)
Acquisition date
1866
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1866,1229.31