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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.114.76.7
People
Benjamin Watts, British (born 1698)
Title
One of a Set of Five Table Spoons
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
spoon
Date
1698-1699
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/172563

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
20.2 cm (7 15/16 in.)
unspecified: 570 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • hallmark: on back of stems, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter and maker's mark (not clear on all five spoons - two are illegible)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson, Esq.
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.114.76.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Hanoverian pattern stems with “rat tail” bowls, the reverse of the terminals engraved with initials 'G over GM'

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