Caddy Spoon | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1966.51.76
People: Thomas Northcote, British (1746 - 1831)
Title: Caddy Spoon
Other Titles: Alternate Title: SMALL CADDY LADLE LONDON 1790-91
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Work Type: ladle
Date: 1790-1791
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period: George III (1760-1820)
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/227995

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
16 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: handle, struck: lion passant, date letter, duty mark [George III, facing right]
maker's mark: handle, struck: TN [Thomas Northcote, Grimwade, no. 2855]
inscription: stem, engraved: CMH

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot
Accession Year: 1966
Object Number: 1966.51.76
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: With plain beaded stem engraved with the monogram CMH.

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. 172, cat. no. 163, repr. p. 172, details repr. p. 172.

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1966.51.76: Caddy Spoon