Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Teaspoons (2)
Object Number:
1945.132b, d
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
each overall: 6 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in. ( 15.2 x 2.9 x 1 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "EP" in bright-cut script
stamped: on the underside of the handles: "T & H" in roman letters in a rectangle, three pseudo-hallmarks, a lion passant, a bust and "C" in an oval
Description:
Pair of silver teaspoons with downturned fiddle end handles with short midribs on the reverse, rounded shoulders and pointed oval bowls with broad drops; handle engraved, "EP" in bright-cut script; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
