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LOT 0710
Roman Silver Ligula Medical Spoon
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (10.45 grams, 12.6 cm).
Comprising a slender stem with bulb and tiered finial, hemispherical bowl.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
See Jackson, C.J., The Spoon and its History, in Archaeologia, vol.53, for discussion.
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