Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Coffee spoon
Object Number:
INV.14286e
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Silver, gilt
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 11.1 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the bowl: "S"
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "STERLING PAT. 76" lion passant, anchor, gothic "G"
Description:
Gilded silver coffee spoon in Gorham Lady Washington pattern with upturned wavy-end handle decorated foliate scroll ornament and fleur-de-lis tip; elliptical bowl is gilded and has bright-cut decoration and engraved initial "S;" maker's hallmarks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
