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Trefid Spoon
SilversmithMade by
Robert Inglis
(Edinburgh, Scotland, 1690 - 1705)
Date1691
Object NameSpoon
Mediumsilver
ClassificationsApplied Art
DimensionsOverall: Length: 19.6 cm
Maximum: Width: 4.8 cm
Maximum: Width: 4.8 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1986 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Gallery 06
Object numberABDAG001390
More About MeThe middle “lobe” of the end of the handle projects slightly up if the trefid spoon is laid with the bowl facing down, originating from the old French habit of laying the table set that way.
Exhibitions
William Jamieson
c. 1740
