EditorialAndrea Nguyen with her most beloved kitchen utensil, her rice paper dipping bowl, at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif., Jan. 14, 2023. (Chloe Aftel/The New York Times)
EditorialUtensil made of stone in the shape of a shell. Possibly used as a ladle. Xaghra Stone Circle. Neolithic. Xaghra, Gozo Island, Malta. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadela of Victoria in Gozo. Malta.
EditorialJarro de Pico, late 16th century, Spanish, Valladolid, Silver, parcel-gilt, Overall (confirmed): max ht. 7 5/8; ht. from upper edge of body: 6 5/16 x 8 3/8 x 4 3/16 in., 2.1lb. (19.4; 16 x 21.3 x 10.6 cm, 04kg), Metalwork-Silver, A luxury utensil of ne...
EditorialHarpoen Fork-like utensil, Fork-like utensil. Small double or fork harpoon, Nova Zembla, Behouden Huys, Willem Barendsz, Jacob van Heemskerck, anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596, iron (metal), forging, l 39 cm ? w 5.2 cm ? t 0.6 cm.
EditorialDustpan, Dustpan with a six-pointed star engraved in a circle in the smooth leaf. The handle is profiled and has a ring at the end. The can is marked: stk. = Amsterdam, jrl. = N (1772), mt. = Johannes van Geffen and a V in a shield, (household) utensil...
EditorialEXCLUSIVE: ** WARNING: Contains Graphic Content ** Woman and her lover tie up man, pour hot oil and then electrocute him for objecting to their extra-marital affair
EditorialBronze fork, Roman, ca. 1st?3rd century A.D., Roman, Cypriot, Bronze, Other: 4 15/16in. (12.5cm), Bronzes, The object was probably used as a surgical instrument, although this attribution cannot be proven and it may have been a general-purpose househol...
EditorialSpoon with Palm Fronds, 5th?6th century, Byzantine, Silver, Overall: 9 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in. (24.2 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Spoons were the basic eating utensil for the early Byzantine world.
EditorialRock-crystal and silver spoon, Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, 1st half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Rock crystal and silver, Overall: 7 3/8 x 3 1/8in. (18.8 x 7.9cm), Gold and Silver, The Romans treasured vessels made of rock crystal, and quite a numbe...
EditorialJarro de Pico, late 16th century, Spanish, Valladolid, Silver, parcel-gilt, Overall (confirmed): max ht. 7 5/8; ht. from upper edge of body: 6 5/16 x 8 3/8 x 4 3/16 in., 2.1lb. (19.4; 16 x 21.3 x 10.6 cm, 04kg), Metalwork-Silver, A luxury utensil of ne...
EditorialVase from the Museum Giustiniani 1, altar with sacrificial victim from the Vatican Museum 2, and metal utensil from Naples 3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religiou...