Combination spoon and fork
On display
Combination spoon and fork, silver-gilt. Two-pronged fork, elaborately cast and chased, with high relief ornament including St George rescuing a praying princess from the dragon, winged putti, a siren and cherub heads. The prongs of the fork fit into a silver-gilt bowl, through the shoulders of a winged harpy. The bowl engraved with foliate ornament. The finial unscrews and contains a whistle, a toothpick and an ear scoop.
Details
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Title
Combination spoon and fork
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Artist/maker
probably Frederich Hillebrand (1580 - 1608) (goldsmith) -
Associated place
Nuremberg (probable) (probable place of creation) -
Date
c. 1590 -
Material and technique
silver-gilt
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Object type
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Dimensions
overall 19 cm (height) -
No. of items
3
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.139
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Further reading
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015)
