CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN SILVER SPOON AND FORK
circa 1st century a.d.
Cast in one piece, one end terminating in a trident-shaped fork, the other in a spoon with a pinched bowl, the handle in the form of a trapezophorus or table leg, with the fore-part of a leopard emerging from scrolling acanthus leaves, its body with punched spots, the leopard's paw resting on the head of a griffin
6.3/8 in. (16.2 cm) long
circa 1st century a.d.
Cast in one piece, one end terminating in a trident-shaped fork, the other in a spoon with a pinched bowl, the handle in the form of a trapezophorus or table leg, with the fore-part of a leopard emerging from scrolling acanthus leaves, its body with punched spots, the leopard's paw resting on the head of a griffin
6.3/8 in. (16.2 cm) long