Collection Highlights
Poems, Henricus Selyns
Date:
1659-1686
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Selyns
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Tablespoons (5)
Object Number:
INV.14465a-e
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 8 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 21.6 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handles; "Hinckley" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "S. HAMMOND & Co" in a rectangle
Description:
Five silver tablespoons with downturned fiddle handles with short splayed midribs on the underside and the engraving, "Hinckley" in script on the front; flared shoulders and pointed oval bowls with broad drops; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
