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This and 3 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Tools (Zeug) Flatware, designed 1994; produced ca. 1997.

Object Timeline

1994

  • Work on this object began.

1997

  • Work on this object ended.

1998

  • We acquired this object.

2004

2006

2014

2025

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Tools (Zeug) Spoon

This is a spoon. It was designed by Michael Schneider and manufactured by Mono-Metallwarenfabrik Seibel GmbH. It is dated designed 1994; produced ca. 1997 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is stainless steel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Walter R. Scholz Memorial Fund.

  • Spoon (USA)
  • silver.
  • Gift of Thomas S. Tibbs.
  • 1959-181-1

Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 13 x 5 x 2.8 cm (5 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

On back of handle: "TOOLS / mono / ZEUG / INOX 18/10 / GERMANY"

Cite this object as

Tools (Zeug) Spoon; Designed by Michael Schneider (German, b. 1962); Manufactured by Mono-Metallwarenfabrik Seibel GmbH (Germany); Germany; stainless steel; L x W x D: 13 x 5 x 2.8 cm (5 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.); Museum purchase from Walter R. Scholz Memorial Fund; 1998-12-3

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.

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