4th century AD. A silver spoon with piriform bowl, discoid junction to the square-section handle with hound's head finial; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Riha, E. & Stern, W.B., Die Römischen Löffel aus Augst und Kaiseraugst, Forschungen in Augst 5, 1982. 97 grams total, 22.5cm including stand (9"). From a private New York collection; ex Agora Antiques; formerly in a private English collection, prior to 1971.