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Pair of sherbet spoons

عنوان	Pair of sherbet spoons
نویسنده	Unknown
تاریخ انتشار:	1850
محل انتشار	Iran (made) -
موضوع	Woodwork
نوع	دیگر
زبان	نامشخص
دیجیتال	بله
نسخه خطی	خیر
ابعاد فیزیکی	Length: 28.5 cm (Note: Spoon 931), Length: 27.1cm (Note: Spoon 931A)
کتابخانه:	Victoria and Albert Museum
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه	931-1869
شماره ثبت	931-1869
محل کتابخانه	Middle East Section
تاریخ	1850
یادداشت‌ها	Large carved wooden spoons such as this â each with a boat-shaped bowl, long rhomboidal handle, curved âbuttressâ and a rosette at the join â were made from up to seven separate parts, each finely carved from lime wood and adhered together with glue. The bowl was carved into a ribbed pattern and further ornamented with either Persian inscriptions along the outer edges â each alluding to desire, taste, or love - or with a single band of vegetal scrolls. The rosette, buttress and handle were all carved with a fine openwork pattern of geometric motifs arranged in registers around a central panel of floral sprays. The finesse in which this spoon was carved suggests its use for dignitary or elite members of society during banquets or special ceremonies. Indeed, Iranian paintings from the early to mid-nineteenth century show such spoons placed delicately along the edges of large porcelain bowls, floating upon the surface, the contents of which contained sherbet. These spoons were used communally amongst guests, often with several guests drinking from the same spoon. Major R. Murdoch Smith discusses the Iranian town of Abadeh (between Isfahan and Shiraz) as being the main centre of Persian wood carving during the period of 1800-1900. This town was famous for its elaborately carved spoons (qashuq) and small boxes, all made of either pear or lime wood, and carved with a common pocket-knife. This spoon was purchased at the Paris Exhibition of 1867 for 8 shillings each. Reporting on the Museumâs Iranian holdings to date in May 1873, Robert Murdoch Smith assessed a set of wooden spoons a follows: âAll these spoons are made of the wood of the pear tree at the small town of Abadeh (not Shiraz). They are usually made in three sizes, the largest for taking sherbet, the medium size for soup, pilau etc. and the smallest for pickles. These are fair specimens of this kind of work.â (V&A Archives).
İlişki	Unknown Iran
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Carved wood (lime or pear)
Parçalar	Sherbet Spoon, Sherbet Spoon
Fiziksel açıklama	Carved wooden spoon with a large boat-shaped bowl, long rhomboidal handle, and rosette at the join. Elaborately carved in openwork with floral sprays set within an eight pointed star and rectangular panels.
Üslup	Qajar

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Pair of sherbet spoons

نویسنده Unknown

تاریخ انتشار 1850

محل انتشار Iran (made) -

موضوع Woodwork

نوع دیگر

زبان نامشخص

دیجیتال بله

نسخه خطی خیر

ابعاد فیزیکی Length: 28.5 cm (Note: Spoon 931), Length: 27.1cm (Note: Spoon 931A)

کتابخانه Victoria and Albert Museum

شناسه دارایی کتابخانه 931-1869

شماره ثبت 931-1869

محل کتابخانه Middle East Section

تاریخ 1850

یادداشت‌ها Large carved wooden spoons such as this â each with a boat-shaped bowl, long rhomboidal handle, curved âbuttressâ and a rosette at the join â were made from up to seven separate parts, each finely carved from lime wood and adhered together with glue. The bowl was carved into a ribbed pattern and further ornamented with either Persian inscriptions along the outer edges â each alluding to desire, taste, or love - or with a single band of vegetal scrolls. The rosette, buttress and handle were all carved with a fine openwork pattern of geometric motifs arranged in registers around a central panel of floral sprays. The finesse in which this spoon was carved suggests its use for dignitary or elite members of society during banquets or special ceremonies. Indeed, Iranian paintings from the early to mid-nineteenth century show such spoons placed delicately along the edges of large porcelain bowls, floating upon the surface, the contents of which contained sherbet. These spoons were used communally amongst guests, often with several guests drinking from the same spoon. Major R. Murdoch Smith discusses the Iranian town of Abadeh (between Isfahan and Shiraz) as being the main centre of Persian wood carving during the period of 1800-1900. This town was famous for its elaborately carved spoons (qashuq) and small boxes, all made of either pear or lime wood, and carved with a common pocket-knife. This spoon was purchased at the Paris Exhibition of 1867 for 8 shillings each. Reporting on the Museumâs Iranian holdings to date in May 1873, Robert Murdoch Smith assessed a set of wooden spoons a follows: âAll these spoons are made of the wood of the pear tree at the small town of Abadeh (not Shiraz). They are usually made in three sizes, the largest for taking sherbet, the medium size for soup, pilau etc. and the smallest for pickles. These are fair specimens of this kind of work.â (V&A Archives).

İlişki Unknown Iran

Malzemeler ve teknikler Carved wood (lime or pear)

Parçalar Sherbet Spoon, Sherbet Spoon

Fiziksel açıklama Carved wooden spoon with a large boat-shaped bowl, long rhomboidal handle, and rosette at the join. Elaborately carved in openwork with floral sprays set within an eight pointed star and rectangular panels.

Üslup Qajar