- Museum number
- S345
- Object
- Spoon, Dutch, silver-gilt, about 1699
- Description
- Christening spoon. Oval bowl, silver gilt, engraved cast auricular stem ending in a scroll terminal, rat-tail bowl. Back of bowl engraved 'Anno 1699 den 8 Augustus Geboran Corneeles Pytters' (In the year 1699 (on) the 8th. of August was born Corneeles Pytters).
- Materials
- Silver - Silver-gilt
- Inscription
- Noe, traces of ? fleurs de lys on back of bowl; probably Dutch c. 1700
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Spoon
- Dimensions
- regular: 16.4cm (d)
Christening spoon
Dutch
Silver-gilt, about 1699
S345
Inscribed on back of bowl: Anno 1699 den 8 Augustus Gebooren Corneeles Pytters
[Corneeles Pytters was born on 8 August 1699]
More elaborate than their English counterparts, Dutch spoons were made to commemorate births, marriages and even deaths.
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