Collection Highlights
Balustrade from Federal Hall, New York
1788-1789
1884.3
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Dessert spoons (2)
Object name
Dessert spoons (2)
Date
ca. 1830
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Each: 7 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 7/8 in. (18.7 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm)
Description
Pair of cast silver dessert spoons with downturned fiddle handles with basket decoration and the engraved initials, "EKH" in bright-cut script; flared shoulders and pointed oval bowls with shell decoration and rounded drops; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handles.
Credit Line
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number
1941.970ab
Marks
engraved: on the handles: "EKH" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handles: "G.W. & N.C. PLATT" in rectangles
Gallery Label
These dessert spoons belonged to Elizabeth King Hawley, the donor's mother.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
