Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dessert spoons (10)
Object Number:
1950.350a-j
Date:
ca. 1805
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 8 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in. ( 22.2 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on the underside of the handles: "T & H" in a rectangle beside a lion passant, bust in a rectangle, "G" in a rectangle or "RW" in an oval
Description:
Ten silver dessert spoons with downturned spatulate fiddle end handles engraved with the Lenox family crest, a crowned lion passant on fess, chamfered shoulders, and pointed oval bowls with broad drops; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; Collection of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
