Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Luce Center
Dessert spoon
Object name
Dessert spoon
Date
1795-1797
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 7 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description
One of nine silver dessert spoons with downturned pointed handles with short midribs on the undersides, bright-cut decoration and the engraved initials, "JVC" in script on the fronts; pointed oval bowls with pointed drops; maker's marks stamped on the unde