Ball spoon with vegetal ornament / Artist Unknown, Norway
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.45
- Title
- Ball spoon with vegetal ornament
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Norway
- Artist Nationality
- Norwegian
- Medium and Support
- gilded silver
- Object Creation Date
- 1620-1640
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Norway (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Norway (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Period
- Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
- Dimensions
- 15.7 cm x 5.6 cm x 2.5 cm (6 3/16 in. x 2 3/16 in. x 1 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Primary Object Type
- spoon
- Physical Description
- This silver ball spoon consists of a round bowl joined to a stem composed of a flattened section and a twist stem that terminates in an ornamental ball knop. An incised six-petal flower surrounded by bands of geometric ornament decorates the interior of the bowl. The flattened section of the stem is adorned with vegetal ornament.
- Subject Matter
- The ball spoon, named after the ball-shaped knop at the end of the stem, was a common type of tableware developed in the sixteenth century. This elaborately decorated example demonstrates how gold- and silversmiths throughout Germany and Scandinavia could transform such quotidian utensils into objects of display for the tables of the affluent middle class.
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- design elements
- motifs
- object genres
- object genres by function
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plant-derived motifs
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1377 x 735
- File Size
- 58 KB
- Record
- 1968/2.45
- Link to this Item
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"Ball spoon with vegetal ornament; Artist Unknown, Norway." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1968-sl-2.45/1968_2.45.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2024.
