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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.28.F
People
Lincoln & Foss, American? (19th-20th centuries)
Title
Spoon
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
spoon
Date
18th-19th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226196

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Metal (steel?) with ivory handle
Dimensions
17.5 x 3.5 cm (6 7/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Back of end of handle engraved C. E. Norton; stamp on neck, letters imprinted: Lincoln & Foss; in raised letters: Sterling

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Eliot Norton, gift from his cousins, 1849.
By descent to daughters, the Misses Elizabeth G. and Margaret Norton.
Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Misses Elizabeth G. and Margaret Norton
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.28.F
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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