Caption

Decorative silver spoon with a shell-shaped scoop and handle formed by a solid dolphin supporting a naked woman who covers her breasts with her left hand and holds a shawl to cover her womb with her right; decorated with Venus and dolphin motifs; maker: François-Auguste Boyer-Callot fl. 1865– ; 4th quarter of the 19th century, Paris, France; cutlery decorative, length 8.5 cm, width 2.4 cm, weight 10 g., A metallic spoon with a scallop-shaped bowl and a decorative handle featuring a sculpted human figure and ornate twisting elements, shown against a uniform gray background; visible colors include silver tones of the spoon and various shades of gray in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A09_040

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.4Mb (422.5Kb) / 19.4in x 10.9in / 5816 x 3271 (300dpi)

Keywords

Decorative silver spoon shell-shaped scoop handle formed solid dolphin supporting naked woman covers breasts left hand holds shawl cover womb right decorated Venus dolphin motifs maker François-Auguste Boyer-Callot fl 1865– 4th quarter 19th century Paris France cutlery decorative length 8.5 cm width 2.4 cm weight 10 g metallic spoon scallop-shaped bowl decorative handle featuring sculpted human figure ornate twisting elements shown uniform gray background visible colors include silver tones spoon various shades gray background.