Collection Highlights
Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Date:
1862, published later
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Teaspoons (4)
Object Number:
1944.125d
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 in. × 1 in. × 5/8 in. (13.3 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm)
Marks:
engraved: on the handles: "KL" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "N*COLEMAN" in a rectangle
Description:
One of a set of four silver teaspoons with downturned handles with bright-cut borders and the engraved initials, "KL" in script on the fronts; pointed oval bowls with broad drops; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Gallery Label:
These teaspoons belonged to Katherine Lawrence, daughter of Martha and John Brown Lawrence and the sister of Captain James Lawrence.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Eugene H. Pool
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
