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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1953.96
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Serving spoon
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
spoon
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228784

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
31.75 x 6.03 cm (12 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscribed on back of handle: Jared Sparks/ 1829/ S/ Justin Winsor/ 1887
  • hallmark: three marks on back of handle: one illegible; one rooster facing right; one diamond shaped, illegible.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Penelope B. Noyes, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1953.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Penelope B. Noyes to Harvard University in memory of Justin Windsor
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
1953.96
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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