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    110 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    325 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Handle, possibly for a spoon"12 records

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Spoon with a falcon on the handle by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon with a falcon on the handle

Unrecorded maker

ca. 3300–3100 BCE · Ivory

Cleared · Public Domain

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Cosmetic spoon with a handle in the shape of an ankh by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cosmetic spoon with a handle in the shape of an ankh

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1887–1750 BC · Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Handle, possibly for a spoon by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Handle, possibly for a spoon

Unrecorded maker

ca. 5th century BCE · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Silver spoon by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Silver spoon

Unrecorded maker

3rd century CE · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Spoon with a Panther by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon with a Panther

Unrecorded maker

3rd–4th century · Copper alloy, silvered, niello

Cleared · Public Domain

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Spoon by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon

Unrecorded maker

10th century · Bronze; cast, incised

Cleared · Public Domain

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Spoon by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon

Unrecorded maker

1487 · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Spoon by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon

Unrecorded maker

15th century · Painted enamel and gilded silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Spoon by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon

Unrecorded maker

mid-16th century · Silver, partly gilded

Cleared · Public Domain

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Spoon by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon

Unrecorded maker

16th–17th century · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Spoon by Paul Revere Jr., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon

Paul Revere Jr. (d. 1818)

1770–80 · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Spoon tray (part of a service) by Worcester factory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon tray (part of a service)

Worcester factory (d. 2008)

ca. 1765–75 · Soft-paste porcelain

Cleared · Public Domain

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