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An image of Trefid Spoon
silver, parcel-gilt; oval bowl with rat-tail; flat handle with trefid terminal and applied filigree decoration
Silver, parcel-gilt; the oval gilt bowl has on the back a long ribbed rat-tail. The handle curves up slightly from the bowl, but is otherwise flat and terminates in a trefid. The front and back of the gilt handle are covered with applied silver filigree ornament. Half way down the back of the handle is a filigree loop, so the spoon can be suspended.
German
C.1700-50

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Trefid Spoon silver, parcel-gilt; oval bowl with rat-tail; flat handle with trefid terminal and applied filigree decoration Silver, parcel-gilt; the oval gilt bowl has on the back a long ribbed rat-tail. The handle curves up slightly from the bowl, but is otherwise flat and terminates in a trefid. The front and back of the gilt handle are covered with applied silver filigree ornament. Half way down the back of the handle is a filigree loop, so the spoon can be suspended. German C.1700-50

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Accession Number: MAR.M.136
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 760 pixels
Image width: 400 pixels
Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
Filesize: 30.41kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2008:08:15 14:12:10

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