Collection Highlights
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffee spoon
Object name
Coffee spoon
Date
ca. 1878
Medium
Silver, gilt
Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/4 x 7/8 x 3/8 in. ( 10.8 x 2.2 x 1 cm )
Description
Silver gilt coffee spoon in Gorham Hindostanee pattern with upturned oval handle-end decorated with scrolled border, and scroll and shell decoration; engraved initial, "S" in gothic character; pointed oval bowl is gilded and has bright-cut decoration; maker's hallmarks stamped on the underside of the handle.
Object Number
INV.14286c
Marks
engraved: on the handle: "S" in gothic script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: lion passant, anchor, and a gothic "G," "PAT. 78" and "STERLING"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
