Spoon
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This cast bronze spoon has a tapered and pointed handle. The tapered point on the handle may have allowed the spoon to be used for opening shellfish. There is some evidence this spoon may have been of a type that was originally tin-plated, giving it the appearance of silver when new. The ancient Greeks did not usually eat using cutlery. Knives were provided for special feasts, but for everyday... [Accession number: 228.18]
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Title
Spoon
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Date made
c. 2nd century CE
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Subject
Food history, Social life and customs, Tableware, Greco-Roman, 2nd Century CE
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Bronze, Height 175 mm, Width 35mm
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