Caption

Souvenir spoon by Nikolai Struliev fl. 1886–ca. 1910, goldsmith. Decorative spoon with teardrop-shaped scoop and angular handle, half decorated with a geometric ornament in colored cellular enamel, topped with a bowl. Dated 1886–1894, Moscow, Russia. Cutlery; height 12.5 cm, weight 20 g., A metal spoon rests on a gray surface and background; the bowl of the spoon is gold-toned with a slightly worn, speckled interior and a smooth rounded shape, leading to a narrow gold-toned stem that transitions to a decorated handle. The handle features a patterned section with enamel-like inlays in blue, dark blue, red, and turquoise set against metallic outlines, and it ends in a slightly bulbous, ornamental finial with blue and metallic tones. Overall visible colors include gray, gold, blue, dark blue, red, turquoise, and metallic silver.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A09_028

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Keywords

Souvenir spoon Nikolai Struliev fl 1886–ca 1910 goldsmith Decorative spoon teardrop-shaped scoop angular handle half decorated geometric ornament colored cellular enamel topped bowl Dated 1886–1894 Moscow Russia Cutlery height 12.5 cm weight 20 g metal spoon rests gray surface background gold-toned slightly worn speckled interior smooth rounded shape leading narrow gold-toned stem transitions decorated handle handle features patterned section enamel- inlays blue dark blue red turquoise set metallic outlines ends slightly bulbous ornamental finial metallic tones visible colors include gray gold turquoise metallic silver.