Silver Spoon with a Swan Head

Culture: Roman

Period: 3rd-4th century A.D.

Material: Silver

Dimensions: 12.1 cm long

Price: Sold

Ref: 3455

Provenance: New York private collection, acquired from the Edward H. Merrin gallery in New York in the 1970s.

Condition: Intact

Description: Elegant, large silver spoon with a slightly set off rim. The short handle shaped as a S-curve and ending in the finely worked out swan head. Details such as eyes and plumage engraved in cold work. See for the type the spoons with swan and duck heads from the silver hoard in the Canterbury Roman Museum, buried about AD 410. Mounted.