Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tablespoons (12)
Object Number:
INV.14273a-l
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 7 1/8 x 1 3/8 x 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "LBS" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "STERLING" and "WELSH & BRO"
Description:
Twelve silver tablespoons with downturned oval handles with geometric foliate decoration and the engraved initials, "LBS" in script on the front and short midribs on the undersides; pointed oval bowls with broad drops; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
