Decorative spoon, Decorative spoon with a teardrop-shaped, smooth scoop and a handle decorated with a mascaron at the base, topped with a figure of a naked woman standing on a snake, shielding her womb with her hands and a stylised leaf; on the back of the ladle engraved inscription L. ALMA TADEMA Lawrence or his daughter Laurence, end of the 19th century, Germany, cutlery, varia; height 18.5 cm, width 4.5 cm, weight 75 g., A long ornate spoon lies horizontally against a flat gray background; the spoon has a shallow, teardrop-shaped bowl with a reflective, slightly tarnished surface showing subtle warm highlights and pale greenish spots, and an intricately worked handle featuring twisted rope-like elements, sculpted floral and foliate motifs, and a carved figure at the terminal. The visible colors are metallic silver with warm golden reflections, pale greenish discoloration inside the bowl, and the neutral gray of the background.
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Decorative spoon, Decorative spoon with a teardrop-shaped, smooth scoop and a handle decorated with a mascaron at the base, topped with a figure of a naked woman standing on a snake, shielding her womb with her hands and a stylised leaf; on the back of the ladle engraved inscription L. ALMA TADEMA Lawrence or his daughter Laurence, end of the 19th century, Germany, cutlery, varia; height 18.5 cm, width 4.5 cm, weight 75 g., A long ornate spoon lies horizontally against a flat gray background; the spoon has a shallow, teardrop-shaped bowl with a reflective, slightly tarnished surface showing subtle warm highlights and pale greenish spots, and an intricately worked handle featuring twisted rope-like elements, sculpted floral and foliate motifs, and a carved figure at the terminal. The visible colors are metallic silver with warm golden reflections, pale greenish discoloration inside the bowl, and the neutral gray of the background.

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Decorative spoon teardrop-shaped smooth scoop handle decorated mascaron base topped figure naked woman standing snake shielding womb hands stylised leaf back ladle engraved inscription L ALMA TADEMA Lawrence daughter Laurence 19th century Germany cutlery varia height 18.5 cm width 4.5 cm weight 75 g long ornate spoon lies horizontally flat gray background spoon shallow teardrop-shaped bowl reflective slightly tarnished surface showing subtle warm highlights pale greenish spots intricately worked handle featuring twisted rope- elements sculpted floral foliate motifs carved figure terminal visible colors metallic silver warm golden reflections pale greenish discoloration inside bowl neutral gray background.

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