Folding Spoon with Case

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Folding Spoon with Case
Date17th century
MediumMother-of-pearl and silver, leather case with stamped gold foil
DimensionsOverall (open): 6 1/16 × 1 13/16 × 1 1/4 in. (15.4 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm)
Closed: 3 7/16 × 1 13/16 × 1 1/4 in. (8.7 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm)
Storage box: 3 13/16 × 2 1/8 × 1 in. (9.7 × 5.4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2009.1.A-.C
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
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Provenance[Kunstkammer Georg Laue, Munich]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2009.

Exhibition History"Two-Eyed Seeing: Contemporary Pasts and Futures at the Blaffer Art Museum," Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, December 9–December 17, 2023. (OL.1658)

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