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Blade of spoon

Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
6th century B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Bucchero
Dimensions 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of J. J. Dixwell
Accession Number76.230
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 675.4.
DescriptionThe blade is flat and the edge is rounded at the end. The round handle is missing.
ProvenanceBy 1875: in a public collection in Chiusi; sold at public sale in Florence to J. J. Dixwell (said to be from Chiusi); gift of J. J. Dixwell to MFA, March 1876