Serving Spoon

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1500-1700

GUSN

GUSN-3353

Description

A flattened fig-shaped bowl on a faceted stem with a strawberry-shaped knop.

Details

Descriptive Terms

serving spoons
brass (alloy)
casting (process)
hammering
Brass
Hammered
Cast
Spoon, Serving

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Europe

Dimensions

6 1/8 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1139

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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