Spoon | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1989.31
People: Daniel Cary, British (active 1604 - 1641)
Title: Spoon
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Slip-top Spoon
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Work Type: spoon
Date: 1629-1630
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period: Charles I (1625-1649)
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/227687

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
52 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: interior of bowl, struck: leopard's head
hallmark: reverse of stem, struck at base: lion passant
maker's mark: reverse of stem, struck at base: mark of Daniel Cary [Jackson, p. 106, line 1]
hallmark: terminal, struck: date letter
inscription: end of stem, engraved: IH

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mary Henle, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1989.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mary Henle
Accession Year: 1989
Object Number: 1989.31
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: With fig-shaped bowl and plain stem with “slipped” end engraved with initials IH

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. 190, cat. no. 182, repr. p. 190, details repr. p. 190.

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1989.31: Spoon