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An image of Dog-nose Spoon
silver; oval bowl with rat-tail; flat handle with dog-nose terminal; engraved with fruit and foliage
Silver; the oval bowl has on the back a long rat-tail. The handle curves up from the bowl, but is otherwise flat and terminates in a dog-nose. The front and back of the handle are engraved with a pattern of lozenges, fruit, flowers and foliage within two thread-edge borders.
German
C.1700-20

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Dog-nose Spoon silver; oval bowl with rat-tail; flat handle with dog-nose terminal; engraved with fruit and foliage Silver; the oval bowl has on the back a long rat-tail. The handle curves up from the bowl, but is otherwise flat and terminates in a dog-nose. The front and back of the handle are engraved with a pattern of lozenges, fruit, flowers and foliage within two thread-edge borders. German C.1700-20

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Accession Number: MAR.M.135
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 760 pixels
Image width: 400 pixels
Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
Filesize: 27.79kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2008:08:15 14:18:28

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