Caption

Decorative silver spoon by François-Auguste Boyer-Callot fl. 1865-, 4th quarter of the 19th century, Paris, France. Silver spoon with a shell-shaped scoop and a handle formed as a solid dolphin supporting a naked woman Venus who covers her breasts with her left hand and holds a shawl to cover her womb in her right. Motif includes dolphins symbol of Venus. Cutlery; varia. Length 8.5 cm; width 2.4 cm; weight 10 g., The image shows a single ornate spoon lying horizontally on a flat background. The spoon has a scallop-shaped bowl with a slightly worn, metallic surface and visible surface texture. The handle is elaborate, featuring a sculpted figure at the end and a segmented, decorative shaft with textured details. The visible colors are shades of gray and silver.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A09_042

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.4Mb (334.6Kb) / 19.4in x 10.9in / 5816 x 3271 (300dpi)

Keywords

Decorative silver spoon François-Auguste Boyer-Callot fl 1865- 4th quarter 19th century Paris France Silver spoon shell-shaped scoop handle formed solid dolphin supporting naked woman Venus covers breasts left hand holds shawl cover womb right Motif includes dolphins symbol Venus Cutlery varia Length 8.5 cm width 2.4 cm weight 10 g image single ornate spoon lying horizontally flat background scallop-shaped bowl slightly worn metallic surface visible surface texture handle elaborate featuring sculpted figure segmented decorative shaft textured details visible colors shades gray silver.