Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tablespoons (2)
Object Number:
1932.86b, d
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 8 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 22.5 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "LD" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handles, "T & H" in a rectangle, lion passant, a bust, and "G" in rectangles
Description:
Pair of drop-hammered and die-stamped silver tablespoons with downturned fiddle handles with shell decoration at tip and the engraved initials, "LD" in script; flared shoulders and pointed oval bowls with rounded drops and shell decoration; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Gallery Label:
The initials, "LD," engraved on these tablespoons stand for Lucy Durand, the donor's mother and the daughter of the artist Asher B. Durand.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
