Silvered Spoon

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Silvered Spoon

Entry/Object ID

TT0112

Description

Bronze silvered spoon with engraving

Use

This may have been used to scoop out cosmetics from dishes. May have also been used to eat with.

Context

From the personal collection of James Curle

Collection

Trimontium Trust

Category

Spoon
Food Preparation & Storage

Acquisition

Accession

TT0112

Source (if not Accessioned)

B. Linehan

Notes

Donated by B. Linehan 01/11/1991

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

bowl

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

spoons

Dimensions

Width

31 mm

Depth

21 mm

Length

109 mm

Material

Bronze

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Like many other antiquarians, Curle developed his own collection of artefacts. He also struck up a personal correspondence with Francis Haverfield, the foremost authority on RomanoBritish archaeology, and other leading Roman scholars of the day throughout Europe. This part of Curle’s private collection includes clippers (in the form of shears) and tweezers for trimming and plucking hair and a small spatula for cosmetics.