Collection Highlights
Portrait of a Heroic Fireman
ca. 1857
1937.328
Polychrome painted and carved wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salt spoons (2)
Object name
Salt spoons (2)
Date
1814-1819
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 3 7/8 x 1 x 3/8 in. ( 9.8 x 2.5 x 1 cm )
Description
Pair of silver salt spoons with downturned fiddle handles with short midribs on the reverse; handles engraved, "H" in script: squared shoulders and horizontal elliptical bowls; makers' marks stamped on the underside of the bowls.
Credit Line
Permanent Loan of the Beekman Family Association
Object Number
1948.101bc
Marks
engraved: on the handles: "H" in script
stamped: on the underside of b: "W Thomson" in script in a rectangle besides three pseudohallmarks, lion passant, bust, and "G"
stamped: on the underside of c: "B. W" in a rectangle over, "H & N" in a rectangle besides three pseudohallmarks, lion passant, bust in an oval, "C"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
