Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Teaspoons (11)
Object Number:
INV.14188a-k
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 6 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 16.2 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "B" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: roman letter "P" in a cartouche, "I.T." in a rectangle, and a leopard's head in a cartouche
Description:
Eleven silver teaspoons with downturned fiddle handles with short splayed midribs on the underside and the engraved initial, "B" in script; flared shoulders and pointed oval bowls with arched drops; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Townsend Lawrence
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
