SOUVENIR SPOON

H1995.1253

A small shallow spoon with an alligator shaped handle, tail tapers off into head of spoon. Green squarish pieces of plastic appear on alligators back, darker green at top, lighter green under belly, slit appears in between alligators top and bottom teeth, clear metal head and feet. Bowl depicts a scene of the sphinx, two pyramids either side of sphinx, rocky ground, with a path leading to sphinx, on rocky ground: two men and a camel, above sphinx' head appears in raised lettering 'CAIRO', on back of the handle is the following 008 or 800.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H1995.1253
Accession Date: 26 Jul 1995
Credit: Estate V.A.M. Hobbs

Material

Metal0 - Whole
Synthetic Polymer/Synthetic/Polymer

Measurement

length123mm
width25mm

 


 

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