Spoon Bowl

Description:

Ovoid spoon bowl, broken off at juncture with handle; struck once inside just below juncture with a circular touchmark of a standing bird, facing left and possibly holding a banner in its beak.

Date Made: late 17th or early 18th century1675 - 1700

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: EnglandPlace Used; Place Found: United States: Maryland, Patuxent

Subject: Archaeology

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Richard Slattery

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.378463Catalog Number: 378463Accession Number: 143146

Object Name: fragment, spoon

Physical Description: pewter (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.445 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-8361-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300603

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