Spoon

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The cast finial of this spoon depicts Saint Andrew, recognizable by his attribute, a cross in the shape of an X. This motif suggests that the spoon was part of a set of thirteen with representations of the twelve apostles and either Christ or the Madonna and Child. Beginning in the fifteenth century, such sets became popular as ostentatious christening gifts. [Wolfram Koeppe 2015]

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art