Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Egg spoons (6)
Object name
Egg spoons (6)
Date
ca. 1820-1830
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 5 1/4 x 1 x 3/8 in. ( 13.3 x 2.5 x 1 cm )
Description
Six silver egg spoons with fiddle end handles with short midribs on the undersides; handle engraved with the Lenox family crest, a crowned lion passant on fess; squared shoulders and elliptical bowls; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the handles.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr.; The Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr. Collection
Object Number
1950.353a-f
Marks
stamped: on the underside of the handles: "HINSDALE" in roman letters in a rectangle
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
