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Batter pitcher
1798
1937.587
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Artist/Maker: Clarkson Crolius, Sr.

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Marrow scoop

Marrow scoop
Marrow scoop
Object name 
Marrow scoop
Date 
ca. 1790
Related People 
Artist/Maker: William W. Gilbert
Medium 
Silver
Dimensions 
Overall: 8 3/4 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 22.2 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm ) Silver Weight: 1 oz (troy) 4 dwt (38 g)
Description 
Coin silver marrow scoop with a thin stem with each end channeled in the form of a long narrow scoops in two widths with arched drops; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the stem.
Credit Line 
Purchase
Object Number 
1965.1
Marks 
stamped: on the underside of the stem: "GILBERT" in a rectangle
Gallery Label 
Marrow scoops were used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to remove the marrow from the center of veal and beef bones.
Provenance 
Purchased from Whimsy Antiques, Arlington, Vermont, 1965.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.