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Spoon

1675-1682 (made)
Artist/Maker
Boller, Hans Rudolph (goldsmith)
Place of origin
Zurich (made)

Silver-gilt, the cast finial in the form of a female herm, the back of the bowl engraved with two lilies and pricked with the initials 'HK' and 'AB' in monogram.


Object details

Category
Metalwork
Object type
Spoon
Materials and techniques
Silver-gilt and engraved on the bowl; the finial and stem cast separately.
Silver
Casting
Gilding
Engraving
Brief description
Silver-gilt, the cast finial in the form of a female herm, the back of the bowl engraved with two lilies and pricked with the initials 'HK' and 'AB' in monogram.
Physical description
Silver-gilt, the cast finial in the form of a female herm, the back of the bowl engraved with two lilies and pricked with the initials 'HK' and 'AB' in monogram.
Dimensions
  • From edge of bowl to tip of finial length: 17cm
  • Across widest part of the spoon bowl width: 4.5cm
  • From flat surface to highest point of spoon heel. depth: 2.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • The back of the bowl pricked with the initials 'HK' and 'AB' in monogram.
  • Punched on the back of the bowl: a duck, with outstretched wings on two leaves, in a shield-shaped punch, the maker's mark of Hans Rudolph Boller of Zurich (born 1625, master 1648, died after 1682). the letter 'Z' cancelled with a diagonal line, in a shield-shaped punch, town mark for Zurich.
Gallery label
SPOON Silver-gilt Town mark of Zurich. Maker's mark, a bird, unidentified. About 1660 449-1873(Pre-2000)
Bibliographic reference
Lösel, Eva-Maria. Zürcher Goldschmiede Kunst vom 13. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert. Zurich: Buchverlag Berichthaus, 1913. ISBN 3855720479.
Other number
627-1872
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
449-1873

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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