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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1805
1867.306
Oil on linen
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Luce Center
Berry spoons (3)
Object name
Berry spoons (3)
Date
ca. 1891
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 4 5/8 x 2 x 5/8 in. ( 11.7 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm )
Description
Three silver berry spoons with downturned handles with shell tips and foliate scroll borders; scalloped ovoid bowl with pierced lattice work in the centers; maker's marks stamped on the undersides of the handles.
"Louix XV" pattern from the Whiting Manufacturing Co., issued in 1891.
Credit Line
Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder
Object Number
INV.14521mm-oo
Marks
stamped: on the undersides of the handles: "W" in a circle beside a two-headed griffin, "STERLING PAT 91"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
