Silver spoon with a small inset turquoise on the handle, decorated with incised designs. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/3/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Silver spoon with a small inset turquoise on the handle, decorated with incised designs. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/3/2006]
Long description: Silver spoon. A small turquoise has been set in the centre of the handle of the spoon. The bowl and handle of the spoon are decorated with incised designs. The handle ends in a section which has been ornately decorated with repoussé designs. [MdeA 2/11/2001]
Geographical reference: Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet
Person: Field collector Hugh Edward Richardson; PRM source The Estate of the late Hugh Edward Richardson
Date / Period: Date made: Circa by 1936?, uncertain
Date collected: By circa 1936?
Acquisition information: Donated: 07/09/2001
Materials and processes: Material Silver Metal, Material Turquoise Stone, Process Incised, Process Repoussé
Dimensions: Length: max 125 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2001.59.2
Research and responses: See Photographic Collections of PRM for further material from the collection of Hugh Richardson. [MdeA 2/11/2001]

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