Baroque silver travel spoon with a teardrop-shaped scoop decorated on the reverse with the Korczak coat of arms in a decorative cartouche, flanked by the SL monogram; surrounding decorations of stylized plant twigs; all decorations in niello; the inside of the scoop gilded. Traditional attribution of niello-painted artefacts to the centre in Lviv is not necessarily certain; niello was also used in other centres of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at that time. Despite the very good quality of the decoration, its value is enhanced by the preserved case, undoubtedly made for it — very few cases without spoons have survived. 1st half 18th century, Poland possibly Lviv. Height 22.9 cm, width 5.6 cm., Korczak coat of arms. Cutlery., A single spoon is shown upright against a gradient gray background, with a teardrop-shaped bowl and a long straight handle; the bowl has a golden color with visible scratches and a few small darker spots, and the handle is darker with metallic tones and a patt...
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Baroque silver travel spoon with a teardrop-shaped scoop decorated on the reverse with the Korczak coat of arms in a decorative cartouche, flanked by the SL monogram; surrounding decorations of stylized plant twigs; all decorations in niello; the inside of the scoop gilded. Traditional attribution of niello-painted artefacts to the centre in Lviv is not necessarily certain; niello was also used in other centres of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at that time. Despite the very good quality of the decoration, its value is enhanced by the preserved case, undoubtedly made for it — very few cases without spoons have survived. 1st half 18th century, Poland possibly Lviv. Height 22.9 cm, width 5.6 cm., Korczak coat of arms. Cutlery., A single spoon is shown upright against a gradient gray background, with a teardrop-shaped bowl and a long straight handle; the bowl has a golden color with visible scratches and a few small darker spots, and the handle is darker with metallic tones and a patterned central stripe that appears lighter; overall colors visible include gold, dark gray, lighter gray, and a small area of reddish color on the inner side of the bowl.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A10_116

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (718.0Ko) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4499 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Baroque silver travel spoon teardrop-shaped scoop decorated reverse Korczak coat arms decorative cartouche flanked SL monogram surrounding decorations stylized plant twigs decorations niello inside scoop gilded Traditional attribution niello-painted artefacts centre Lviv necessarily certain was also centres Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth time good quality decoration value enhanced preserved case undoubtedly cases spoons survived 1st half 18th century Poland Height 22.9 cm width 5.6 cm Cutlery single spoon shown upright gradient gray background teardrop-shaped bowl long straight handle bowl golden color visible scratches small darker spots handle darker metallic tones patterned central stripe lighter colors visible include gold dark gray lighter gray small area reddish color inner side bowl.

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