Nut Spoon

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Description:

Arts and Crafts style spoon made from a single piece of sheet copper with shallow, circular, raised bowl and wide, flared handle ending in a square-cornered terminal pierced with a rectangular design of a stylized floral or leafy sprig. Plain edges. Back of handle struck with monogram of the Handicraft Guild of Minnesota.

Maker is the Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis, MN; in operation, 1904-1918 (founded in 1904; incorporated in 1905). Pierced design by Ernest Batchelder (1875-1957), who taught at the Guild, 1904-1909.

Date Made: ca 1910

Maker: Handicraft Guild of Minneapolis

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1988.0253.1Accession Number: 1988.0253Catalog Number: 1988.0253.1

Object Name: Spoonspoon, nut

Physical Description: copper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 in x 8 5/8 in x 3 in; 2.54 cm x 21.9075 cm x 7.62 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2de5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_324304

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