Roman Glass Spoon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Title: Glass spoon

Medium; Technique: Glass; blown and tooled

Culture: Roman

Period: Imperial

Date: 1st–3rd century A.D.

Dimensions: L., 7 1/4", W., 1 5/8"

Classification: Glass

Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1914

Accession Number: 15.43.235


Description:

This spoon, which is said to have been found near the Sea of Galilee, was made from a single blown tube that was then tooled to shape the bowl and handle. Although rare, such glass spoons were probably produced throughout the Roman period, and they persisted even into Islamic times.

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