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LOT 0107
Estimate
GBP (£) 1,000 - 1,400
EUR (€) 1,120 - 1,570
USD ($) 1,230 - 1,720
£900 (EUR 1,008; USD 1,103) (‡+bp*)
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ROMAN SILVER SWAN-NECK SPOON
4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (22.1 grams, 10.9 cm).
4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (22.1 grams, 10.9 cm).
A silver cochlea spoon with scroll and swan-neck junction of bowl with stem; the flat-section stem narrowing to a point and returned to meet the shank.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Riha, E. & Stern, W.B., Die Römischen Löffel aus Augst und Kaiseraugst, Forschungen in Augst 5, Augst, 1982, fig.10(5,6).
