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LOT 0647
Roman Swan-Necked Silver Spoon
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (20.6 grams, 12.9 cm).
Round-section stem with balustered finial and rectangular plaque to the other end, shallow round bowl.
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, 1992.
Thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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