Tools and EquipmentBritish17th century
Set of Three Trefid Spoons
1678
Artists
Adam KingArtist
Description
Trifid-end stems and oval bowls, the terminals stamped with a wild figure amid foliage, the backs of the rat-tail bowls stamped with foliage, the back of one of the terminals engraved with a crest, another pricked A I over 1680 and another engraved H over TM, all three pricked with later initials EEW.
Dimensions
20 x 4.76 cm (7 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Provenance
David Berg, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Museum, 1999.
Related Artworks
View MoreTools and Equipment
Glass Weight of al-Mustansir
Al-Mustansir, 11th century
Glass
11th centuryArabTools and Equipment
Casting Mold for a Round Flat Medallion
Unknown Artist
Serpentine
SyrianTools and Equipment
Zoomorphic Lock Lid
Unknown Artist, 3rd-4th century CE
Mixed copper alloy
3rd-4th century CERomanTools and Equipment
Spoon with Elongated Lotus-Petal Shaped Bowl, Arching Handle, and Swallow-Tail Finial
Unknown Artist, 10th-14th century
Bronze with incised and punched decoration
10th-14th centuryKoreanTools and Equipment
Apple Corer
Charles Hougham, 1791-1792
Silver
18th centuryBritishTools and Equipment
FLOWERING BRANCH
Unknown Artist, 17th century
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseTools and Equipment
Ladle with Handle Terminating in Duck's Head
Unknown Artist, 2nd century BCE
Copper alloy
2nd century BCEEtruscanTools and Equipment
Instrument Handle
Unknown Artist, 1st-5th century CE
Copper alloy
1st-5th century CERomanTools and Equipment
Ligula
Unknown Artist, 1st-4th century CE
Copper alloy
1st-4th century CERomanTools and Equipment
Weight in the Form of a Crouching Sphinx
Unknown Artist, late 8th-early 7th century BCE
Copper
8th century BCEGreekTools and Equipment
Kiln Furniture: Circular Firing Platform
Unknown Artist, Five dynasties or Song period, 12th - 13th century
Dark gray stoneware
12th-13th centuryChineseTools and Equipment
Lead Weight
Unknown Artist, 2nd-1st century BCE
Lead
2nd-1st century BCEGreek