Spoon and fork

anoniem1671

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

This spoon and fork commemorate the death of Willem Sartoor in 1671. An inscription on the bowl of the spoon and the stem of the fork reveals that Sartoor was a sergeant with the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Both spoon and fork terminate in a tiny skull, emphasizing the sad event that occasioned their creation.

Details

Title: Spoon and fork
Creator: anoniem
Date Created: 1671
Physical Dimensions: zilver
Subject Keywords: overzeese geschiedenis, Batavia, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Sartoor, Willem
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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