Spoon
Silver spoon (fragment of bowl)
The spoon is made of fairly thin silver and is much distorted where it has been broken or cut across. The bowl appears to be of oval rather than pear-shaped form and has a distinctly thickened rim. It is decorated on the interior with a crude engraving showing a reclining animal to the left with a small tree or other plant in front of it; as the break cuts across the animal's body just behind the forelegs, identification of its species is made particularly difficult. It seems most likely that the animal is a deer, although it remains unclear whether it is a typical deer or a marine creature with deer-like foreparts. The fan-like form above the creature's back could be the tail fin of a fish-shaped body.
Quantity
1
Weight
5.25 g
Length
3.6 cm
Width
3 cm
Container
Silver vessel
Material
Silver
Hoard
