Identifier: catalogueofsilve00brit (find matches)
Title: Catalogue of the silver plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944 Smith, Reginald A. (Reginald Allender), 1873-
Subjects: Silverwork, Ancient Art objects
Publisher: London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Fig. 36. Spoons (Types A-K). 95. Spoon (Type A). Egg-shaped bowl as the last, but no rim ; plain handle, joined tothe bowl by a curved piece at right angles to the stem, and terminating at the otherend in a horses hoof. Length 143 cm.liii. p. 112, fig. 24. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1S56. Compare Archaeologia, MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. 27 96. Spoon, similar. Length 15 cm. Bowl broken in three pieces. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856. 97. Spoon (Type B). Bowl as No. 94, but smaller ; handle ending on bowl in a curvedpiece at right angles to the stem, which is moulded at each end, the middle partbeing octagonal in section. On the handle is incised MER. Length 16-2 cm. Presented by Miss Preston, 1899. Part of bowl wanting. 98. Spoon (Type B). Small egg-shaped bowl, the pointed end towards the handle ;concave, with plain rim. Handle as last, but only moulded at the end near thebowl, the other end being pointed. Length 13-5 cm. Presented by Miss Preston, 1899. Point of handle broken.
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100 Fig. 37. Spoons (Types C-D). 99. Spoon. SimOar, but no rim to bowl, which is polished. Length 15 cm. From France. Morel Coll., 1904. 100. Spoon (Type C). Bowl of shovel shape with rounded end, concave, with rim somewhat bent up. Handle as No. 98, but no mouldings on stem. I Length 15 cm. Towneley Coll. Part of bowl broken away. For the type c/. the Etruscan • spoon No. 20. 28 CATALOGUE OF SILVER PLATE. 101. Spoon ^Typ>e D). Small circular concave bowl; handle in form of ducks head,turned away from the bowl, from the mouth of which issues a long stem ending inthe head of another bird (?) with small head and long narrow beak. Length 13-3 cm. Towneley CoU. 102. Spoon, similar, but plain handle with pointed end. Length 12 cm. Towneley Coll. 103. Spoon as last. Length 14-5 cm. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856. 104. Spoon, similar. Length 14 cm. Castellani, 1872. 105. Fragment of Spoon, consisting of about two-thirds of the bowl, which is of theordinary oval shape ; it is incised

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