Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Egg spoon
Object name
Egg spoon
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Coin silver
Dimensions
Overall: 4 7/8 x 1 x 3/4 in. ( 12.4 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description
coin silver egg spoon with an upturned threaded oval handle with shell and trefoil decoration; "I C" engraved in gothic script on the underside of the handle; pear-shaped oval bowl with trefoil decoration; "COIN" stamped on the underside of the stem.
Credit Line
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number
1952.294b
Marks
engraved: on the underside of the handle: "I. C" in gothic script
stamped: on the underside of the stem: "PAT55 COIN"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
