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Bouillion spoons

Bouillion spoons
Bouillion spoons
Bouillion spoons
Object name 
Bouillion spoons
Date 
ca. 1911
Related People 
Artist/Maker: R. Wallace & Sons Manufacturing Co.
Medium 
Silver
Dimensions 
each overall: 5 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 7/8 in. ( 13.3 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm )
Description 
Six silver bouillon spoons with upturned, threaded wavy-end handle engraved, "LSG" in script; shallow circular bowls; makers' marks stamped on the undersides of the handles. "Washington" pattern, issued in 1911.
Credit Line 
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder
Object Number 
INV.14276a-f
Marks 
engraved: on the handle: "LSG" in script stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "RW[elk's head] & S STERLING"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.