Spoon

Description

Spoon of silver with a cast dog's head with blue glass eyes at the junction of stem and bowl, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century

Museum reference

X.FC 276

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Spoon

Date

8th century

Style / Culture

Pictish

Materials

Silver, Glass

Physical description

Silver; rod-like stem curled into a loop; pointed tip of shallow bowl curves upward; junction of stem and bowl has a cast dog's head with blue glass eyes

Collection place(s)

St Ninian's Isle, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• The St Ninian's Isle Treasure (04 Jul 2008 - 13 Oct 2008)
  Shetland Museum and Archives

• 26 Treasures in the National Museum of Scotland (01 Dec 2011 - 29 Jan 2012)
  World Wide Web

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

national museum of scotland »
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scotland galleries »
early people »
gods of the frontier »
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