Basting Spoon | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1999.306.37
People: William Justis, British, English (Free, 5 January 1721)
Title: Basting Spoon
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Work Type: spoon
Date: 1735-1736
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period: George II (1727-1760)
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/187509

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
224 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: in bowl, struck: lion passant, leopard's head, date letter
maker's mark: in bowl, struck: WI [in circle punch] [mark of William Justis, Grimwade, no. 3200]
inscription: in bowl, engraved: M*L

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: 1999.306.37
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: The deep egg-shaped bowl engraved with the initials M*L, the tapering tubular handle with applied moulded ribs.

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. 138, cat. no. 117, repr. p. 138, details repr. p. 138.

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1999.306.37: Basting Spoon