Collection Spoon

Spoon

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Ancient Greek and Roman, Level 2, South Wing

Spoon
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About the Artwork

Spoons are an invention of great antiquity, perhaps developing from shells used to scoop up food. Spoons were frequently made in matching sets of twelve and were used as tableware in the houses of the wealthy. The silver spoon is an elegant and restrained example created during the later Roman Empire. An egg-shaped bowl is attached to the long tapering handle by a curving volute. Two simple incised parallel lines embellish the flat rectangular lower part of the handle; a triple-knobbed collar forms the transition between the two sections of the handle.

Spoon

4th century CE

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Roman

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Silver

Overall: 6 1/4 × 1 × 5/8 inches (15.9 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm)

Silver

Greco-Roman and Ancient European

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Lillian Henkel Haass

50.86

Public Domain

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(Spink and Sons Ltd. [est. 1666], London, England);
1950-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Henshaw, Julia P., ed. A Visitors Guide: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1995, p. 119 (ill.).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Roman, Spoon, 4th century CE, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Lillian Henkel Haass, 50.86.

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