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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1949.196.180 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name spoon, caddy spoon Description Caddy spoon; Black turtle-shell with gold pique. Remarkable specimen of tortoiseshell beautifully inlaid with gold to form delicate design of Rose-sprays, vase, scroll and other ornament. Trifid or lobed-end termination to somewhat urn-shaped handle, recalling the stem-ends of the late 17th century lobed-end spoons. Circular moulded at the back to simulate a seashell, the back of the stem at the top having similar ornament. Production date 1700 Material tortoiseshell Location On Display - Hollytrees Museum, Colchester Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1949.196.180
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

spoon, caddy spoon
Description

Caddy spoon; Black turtle-shell with gold pique. Remarkable specimen of tortoiseshell beautifully inlaid with gold to form delicate design of Rose-sprays, vase, scroll and other ornament. Trifid or lobed-end termination to somewhat urn-shaped handle, recalling the stem-ends of the late 17th century lobed-end spoons. Circular moulded at the back to simulate a seashell, the back of the stem at the top having similar ornament.
Production date

1700
Material

tortoiseshell
Location

On Display - Hollytrees Museum, Colchester

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