Decorative silver spoon, shell-shaped scoop, 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; embellished with Venus and dolphin symbolism. Maker: François-Auguste Boyer-Callot fl. 1865– . 4th quarter of the 19th century, Paris, France. Cutlery; length 8.5 cm, width 2.4 cm, weight 10 g., A metal spoon with a scallop-shaped bowl and a decorative twisted handle ending in a small sculpted figure is shown on a plain background; the spoon appears silver in color with some darker tarnished areas, and the background is gray.
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Decorative silver spoon, shell-shaped scoop, 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; embellished with Venus and dolphin symbolism. Maker: François-Auguste Boyer-Callot fl. 1865– . 4th quarter of the 19th century, Paris, France. Cutlery; length 8.5 cm, width 2.4 cm, weight 10 g., A metal spoon with a scallop-shaped bowl and a decorative twisted handle ending in a small sculpted figure is shown on a plain background; the spoon appears silver in color with some darker tarnished areas, and the background is gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Decorative silver spoon shell-shaped scoop handle formed solid dolphin supporting naked woman covers breasts left hand holds shawl cover womb right embellished Venus dolphin symbolism Maker François-Auguste Boyer-Callot fl 1865– 4th quarter 19th century Paris France Cutlery length 8.5 cm width 2.4 cm weight 10 g metal spoon scallop-shaped bowl decorative twisted handle ending small sculpted figure shown plain background spoon silver color darker tarnished areas background gray.

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