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A rectangular spoon with a lion stamp.

A silver spoon, polished to a high shine. It has a simple long thin handle and a bowl which is a rounded rectangular shape. The spoon is faced down so that the curved side of the bowl is visible. There is a stamp of a standing, roaring lion at the center of it. There seem to be some stamps, possibly words or other symbols, at the top of the handle near the bowl, but they are worn away so it is not clear what they are intended to be.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.306.58
People
David Willaume I, British (Metz 1658 - c. 1741 Bedfordshire)
Title
Marrow Scoop
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
scoop
Date
c. 1715
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period
George I (1714-1727)
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187214

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2340, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, The Silver Cabinet: Art and Ritual, 1600–1850
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
20 x 2.2 cm (7 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
44 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • maker's mark: on stem, struck four times, once clearly and three times indistinctly: Mark of David Willaume I [Grimwade, no. 3192]
  • coat of arms: reverse of larger bowl, engraved: lion rampant crest [unidentified, it was used by many families]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
David Berg, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.306.58
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), p. 111, cat. no. 79, repr. p. 111, details repr. p. 111.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/2019 - 03/01/2025

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