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This Roman gadget was clearly designed to impress

"It’s the smaller objects that really speak to you directly as an individual, as a person."
Christopher S. Lightfoot
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"It's the smaller objects that really speak to you directly as an individual, as a person."

Curator Chris Lightfoot on an early Roman eating implement.

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Christopher S. Lightfoot
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Silver spoon and fork, silver, Roman
Silver spoon and fork
Roman
ca. 3rd century CE