Collection Highlights
Cayambe
1858
S-91
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
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 underside of the handles.
Credit Line
Bequest of Catherine Augusta de Peyster
Object Number
1911.51e
Marks
stamped: on underside of the handle: "W. G. Forbes" in script, bird's head in an oval, and a sheaf of wheat in a rectangle
engraved: on the handles: "J V C" in script
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
