Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Teaspoon
Object Number:
1983.27
Date:
ca. 1800-1810
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in. ( 13.7 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "ECV" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "WR" in a rectangle between a sheaf of wheat and an inidenifiable mark
Description:
silver teaspoon with a long, downturned fiddle coffin-end handle with wheel turned decoration around the bright-cut initials, "ECV" in script; pointed shoulders and a pointed oval bowl with an arched drop; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert G. Goelet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
