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This elegant and unusual eating implement doubles as both a spoon and a fork, the latter intended more for picking up food from a serving dish than for eating with from one's own plate. The handle is decorated with a spotted panther, an animal often associated with the god Dionysus.
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Title: Silver spoon and fork
Period: Imperial
Date: ca. 3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: silver
Dimensions: Length 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Classification: Gold and Silver
Credit Line: Gift of Malcolm Wiener, on the occasion of the reinstallation of the Greek and Roman galleries, 2006
Accession Number: 2006.514.3
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