Collection Highlights
The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Salt spoons
Object name
Salt spoons
Date
ca. 1830-1850
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 4 1/4 x 1 x 3/8 in. ( 10.8 x 2.5 x 1 cm )
Description
Three silver salt spoons with downturned fiddle handles engraved, "ARW" in script; pointed shoulders and shell bowls; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
Credit Line
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder
Object Number
INV.14517a-c
Marks
engraved: on the handles: "ARW" in script
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "G W. WEBB" in a rectangle, "10.15" in a rectangle
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
