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Marrow Scoop
Marrow Scoop

Marrow Scoop

Silversmith (Aberdeen, Scotland, active c.1766 - 1806)
Date1766 - 1775
Object NameMarrow Scoop
Mediumsilver
ClassificationsApplied Art
DimensionsWeight: 47.66gm
Overall: width 1.8cm × length 26.6cm
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Gallery 06
Object numberABDAG001009
About MeOf typical form with two long half tube scoop bowls of different depths joined at elongated diamond central joint. Marrow scoops were employed to extract the bone marrow from meat bones, a delicacy prized as a healthy luxury. The smaller part of the scoop was for rib bones and the larger for leg bones.
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