spoon; cignus

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Object Type: spoon; cignus
Museum number: 1994,0408.116
Description: Silver spoon (cignus). The bowl is of slightly pointed oval form and a keeled cross-section. The swan's-head handle is fully coiled and inward-facing. The bird head is short, with a nielloed eye consisting of circle with two lines. The bowl is inscribed FAVSTINEVIVAS, the letters inlaid with niello. There is soem wear at the tip of the bowl.
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Hoxne (parish) (Hoxne hoard)
Materials: silver; niello
Technique: engraved; nielloed
Dimensions: Length: 75 millimetres (bowl); Length: 95 millimetres; Weight: 27.40 grammes; Width: 41 millimetres (bowl)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Johns 2010 / The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure: Gold Jewellery and Silver Plate (116); Bland & Johns 1993 / The Hoxne Treasure. An Illustrated Introduction.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Funder name: With contribution from: Art Fund (as NACF); With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends (as British Museum Society)
Acquisition date: 1994
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1994,0408.116
Additional IDs: Treasure/PAS number: T304 (Treasure number)
Conservation

Free entry