Spoon (one of a pair) (part of a set)
Jean Écosse
1728–30
Medium
Gold
Dimensions
Length: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976
Accession Number
1976.155.57
About the Artist
Jean Écosse · 1641–1743
Jean Écosse (1641–1743) was a French artist active in Paris over a remarkably long career spanning more than a century, from the height of the Baroque era through the dawn of the Rococo. Born in 1641, likely in or near Paris given his association with the city, Écosse lived to the extraordinary age of 102, a testament to resilience in an era when average lifespans were far shorter. However, compre...