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Spoon

Mark ascribed to: Harmanus Johannes Videlius (Dutch, 1720–1774)
Dutch (Harlingen)
about 1800
Object Place: Holland

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of James W. Paige
Accession Number95.1143
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver

DescriptionOval bowl; chiselled rat-tail handle, twisted and knotted, ending in a female figure holding a mirror (Prudentia or Ammaestramento?).
Marks Mark: H V (Harmanus Johannes Videlius)
InscriptionsInsription around edge of bowl: "Cornelis Freerks Den 9 Augstus Anno 1741." In center of the back of the bowl: "Jan. Cornelis de Groot geboren de Juny 1800"