SPOON depicting a PUTTO
Probably Netherlands, 17th century
Money
H.: 14.7; L.: 4.5; Thickness: 1 cm

Silver spoon with round bowl whose twisted handle depicts a putto holding a dolphin. He stands upright, wings outstretched, left foot resting on a sphere, itself included in a scrolled capital.

It is probably a baptismal spoon.

Provenance: Former Edith and Jean Metzger collection.
No. 165 of the exhibition “Spoons of the World: the collection of a lifetime”.