Pap boat
Pap boats were child's feeding bowls and were in common use from the early eighteenth century until around the date of this example. Although generally made with minimal decoration, they were sometimes made in gold.
Information derived from T. Schroder, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean (2009)
Details
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Title
Pap boat
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Artist/maker
Anonymous British (goldsmith) -
Associated place
London (place of creation) -
Date
1809 - 1810 or 1815 - 1816 -
Material and technique
silver
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
14.1 cm (length)
117 g (weight) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Mr Arthur Denis Passmore, 1955.
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Museum location
Museum department
Western Art
Accession no.
WA1955.96
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Further reading
Schroder, Timothy, British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2009), 416
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