Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Souvenir spoon
Object Number:
1949.218
Date:
1891
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 1 x 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
in relief: on obverse of handle: "SALEM 1692"
stamped: on back of bowl: "[lion][anchor]G / STERLING / DANIEL LOW"
Description:
silver souvenir spoon with plain pointed oval bowl and handle shaped like a witch's broom with small witch figure finial; cat figure (front and back) at shoulder; stamped retailer's mark and pseudo-hallmark on reverse.
Gallery Label:
In "Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers" (1975), Dorothy Rainwater refers to the "the first Witch spoon designed for Daniel Low Company," and implies that it originally appeared around 1891.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Thomas O. Mabbott
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
