Lot 214

19th C. Islamic Iron / Gilt Silver Ritual Spoons

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19th C. Islamic Iron / Gilt Silver Ritual Spoons
19th C. Islamic Iron / Gilt Silver Ritual Spoons
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19th C. Islamic Iron / Gilt Silver Ritual Spoons

Estimate: $400 - $600

Starting Bid: $175

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by Artemis Fine Arts
August 7, 2026 9:00 AM MDT
Live Auction
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Suite 108
Louisville, CO, US 80027

Near East, Islamic, ca. 1800–1899 CE. Near East, Islamic period, ca. 19th century CE. A pair of slender ritual spoons, each pairing a small hemispherical bowl with a long tapering shaft and openwork at the junction. The larger is forged of iron, its bowl showing russet oxidation, the handle pierced into a lyre-like scroll above a baluster-knopped stem ending in a turned finial. Its smaller companion is gilt silver, the assay yielding 94.2% silver alloyed with copper and a trace of gold, its scrollwork lighter and more delicate, with gilding remaining in the bowl. Spoons of this scale rarely served the table; more likely they measured kohl, incense resins, medicinal powders, or unguents, in a devotional or apothecary context. Size of larger: 4.8" L x 0.6" W (12.2 cm L x 1.5 cm W); silver quality: 94.2%; weight of silver spoon: 3.2 grams

Provenance: private Essex, New York, USA collection

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Item # 202425

  • Condition: Weathering to bowl and tip of larger spoon with rich patina. Some rubbing to gilding of more petite spoon. Otherwise, both are intact and very nice.

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