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Source Description
The bowl of the spoon is inscribed in Cyrillic: "Eat to your health." Cloisonné is among the oldest methods of enameling, in which thin strips of metal are soldered to a metal base to form the cells that hold the colored enamels. In a Russian variation of cloisonné known as filigree enamel, twisted wires rather than metal strips are fastened to the base to create the cells. In Moscow, during the second half of the 19th century, filigree enameling was popular.
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Document identity
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23887
label
Spoon
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object
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2
Source metadata
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23887
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object
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normalized
title
Spoon
description
The bowl of the spoon is inscribed in Cyrillic: "Eat to your health." Cloisonné is among the oldest methods of enameling, in which thin strips of metal are soldered to a metal base to form the cells that hold the colored enamels. In a Russian variation of cloisonné known as filigree enamel, twisted wires rather than metal strips are fastened to the base to create the cells. In Moscow, during the second half of the 19th century, filigree enameling was popular.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Legum, Baltimore; given to Walters Art Museum, 1989.
date
2nd half 19th century
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CC0
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en
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spoons
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 3/16 in. (18.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Translation] Eat to your health; [Monogram] G H H
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silver gilding, filigree enamel
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6214
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EAN
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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d46398454b586289
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no
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2
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photo
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768c9f8575c8a970
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no
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no