Spoon
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
gilt & pearwood
Measurements
340 x 75 x 40 mm
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107491.5
Summary
One of seven wooden spoons that imitate sherbet spoons from Persia/Northern India. The well of the spoon is foliated. The Handle is the shape of an arm. It has decorative openwork, incorparating birds, a lion, flowers and Kufic script. 'Seven Persian gilt pearwood sherbet spoons - 19th century' (Christie's entry
Provenance
Purchased in 1986 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund from Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000). Gifted to the National Trust in 1987 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Marks and inscriptions
Inscription in Kufic script on the handle