Harvard Art Museums > 1949.114.89.1-6: Set of Six Spoons with Maidenhead Terminal Tools and Equipment Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Set of Six Spoons with Maidenhead Terminal (Unidentified Artist) , 1949.114.89.1-6,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228905. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1949.114.89.1-6 People Unidentified Artist Title Set of Six Spoons with Maidenhead Terminal Classification Tools and Equipment Work Type spoon Date 1630- 1640 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Exeter Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228905 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver and silver gilt Dimensions 1.91 x 16.51 x 4.76 cm (3/4 x 6 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.) 40.5 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: struck on bowls: crowned X maker's mark: bakcs of stems, struck thrice: A [?] [Catherine Wheel or flower head] [Exeter town mark] monogram: pricked on the backs of the bowls: NTP Provenance Recorded Ownership History R. E. Brandt, sold [through Christie's, London, March 16, 1905, lot 72]. [Christie's, July 5, 1927, lot 133]. Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, 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 1949.114.89.1-6 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description With egg-shaped bowls, tapering hexagonal stems and gilt maidenhead terminals soldered to the stems with a lap-joint, the backs of the bowls pricked with the monogram NTP Publication History J. Starkie Gardner, ed., Exhibition of a Collection of Silvermiths' Work of European Origin, exh. cat., Burlington Fine Arts Club (London, 1901), p. 46, illus. plate 31 Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), pp. 28-29, cat. no. 4, repr. in b/w on p. 29 Exhibition History Exhibition of a Collection of Silversmiths' Work of European Origin, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 01/01/1901 - 01/01/1901 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
