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Spoon

Title	Spoon
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Woodwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 33.5cm, Handle width: 3.2cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	928:1-1869
Record ID	928:1-1869
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	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).
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Carving, and adhered with glue
Parçalar	Spoon, Bag of Fragments
Fiziksel açıklama	Wooden spoon with a large boat-shaped bowl carved with vertical ribbing, fixed to a long rectangular handle decorated in openwork floral patterning.

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Spoon

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Woodwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 33.5cm, Handle width: 3.2cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 928:1-1869

Record ID 928:1-1869

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes 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).

Malzemeler ve teknikler Carving, and adhered with glue

Parçalar Spoon, Bag of Fragments

Fiziksel açıklama Wooden spoon with a large boat-shaped bowl carved with vertical ribbing, fixed to a long rectangular handle decorated in openwork floral patterning.