coral, gilt silver | Media | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Oval spoon bowl, gilded neck elaborately decorated with leaves, masks and scrollwork. Slightly curving handle of red coral, carved with a grotesque head on the front, above the upper body of a woman holding a ewer in one hand and an urn in the other, as if pouring liquid from one into the other. Back of handle has decorative pattern.

Spoon (Germany), ca. 1600–1630
coral, gilt silver.
The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
1985-103-82

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Two-tined pointed fork with sloping shoulders. Gilded neck elaborately decorated with leaves, masks and scrollwork. Slightly curved handle of red coral, carved with a grotesque head on the front, above it a torso and head of a man wearing a helmet. Back of handle carved in decorative pattern.

Fork (Germany), ca. 1600–1630
coral, gilt silver.
The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg.
1985-103-81

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.