Spoon
Spoon
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- Description
- Puritan type rattail spoon with deep circular bowl and straight handle, flattened hexagonal in section with squared end. Face of bowl is struck with the owner's initials "H G" flanking touchmark of "R•A" in a beaded fan shape above a Tudor rose below juncture with handle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- spoon
- date made
- 1660-1710
- place made
- Europe
- United States: New England
- Physical Description
- pewter (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 7 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 18.7325 cm x 6.35 cm
- ID Number
- DL.388351
- catalog number
- 388351
- accession number
- 182022
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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