Silver combined spoon and fork, by Hans Jacob Holzalb

An image of Spoons. Combined spoon and fork/folding spoon and fork. Holzalb, Hans Jacob, Zürich, attributed (active 1634-1657). The spoon's fig-shaped bowl is attached by six loops on its back to a three-pronged fork. The base of the fork's handle is hinged and the folding mechanism held in place by a slide in the form of a lion's mask. The pentagonal handle has a finial in the form of a goat's head, which unscrews to reveal a toothpick. The back of the bowl of the spoon is engraved with a later coat-of-arms and crest in mantling. The handle is inscribed on the front 'IOSEPHI GEORGU ORASSI 1646'. Silver, the bowl of the spoon was raised; the tines of the fork were forged; the finial was cast; the finial and slide were chased, and the armorials and inscription engraved, length, overall, 14.9 cm, weight, whole, 42 g, 1634-1657.

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Spoons. Combined spoon and fork/folding spoon and fork. Holzalb, Hans Jacob, Zürich, attributed (active 1634-1657). The spoon's fig-shaped bowl is attached by six loops on its back to a three-pronged fork. The base of the fork's handle is hinged and the folding mechanism held in place by a slide in the form of a lion's mask. The pentagonal handle has a finial in the form of a goat's head, which unscrews to reveal a toothpick. The back of the bowl of the spoon is engraved with a later coat-of-arms and crest in mantling. The handle is inscribed on the front 'IOSEPHI GEORGU ORASSI 1646'. Silver, the bowl of the spoon was raised; the tines of the fork were forged; the finial was cast; the finial and slide were chased, and the armorials and inscription engraved, length, overall, 14.9 cm, weight, whole, 42 g, 1634-1657.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.104-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 352 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 60.64kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1

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17th Century Artist/Maker Date Department Fitz_AA Hans Jacob Holzalb Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Silver Swiss Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd cast chased combined cutlery eating implement engraved engraving finial fork goats handle handled hinged implement inscribed inscriptions lions raised silverware spoon

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