Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Tablespoon
Object Number:
1942.278
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. ( 22.5 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "Mc Martin" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handles: "SRichard" in script conforming, "S * W" in a rectangle
Description:
silver tablespoon with a downturned fiddle handle with a short splayed midrib on the underside and the engraving, "Mc Martin" in script; pointed oval bowl with a broad drop; maker's marks stamped on the underside.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet MacMartin Richards
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
