Collection Highlights
Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)
Date:
October 1660- June 1663
Object Number:
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tablespoon
Object Number:
1941.338
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 22.5 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "JED" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "W. S. PELLETREAU." in roman letters in a rectangle
Description:
silver tablespoon with a downturned fiddle handle with a short splayed midrib on the underside and the engraved initials, "JED" in script; flared shoulders and a pointed oval bowl with shell decoration; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Gallery Label:
This spoon was purchased from William Smith Pelletreau by Dr. Joseph Doane (1801-1847) of Riverhead, LI.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Josephine Griswold
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
