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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.137
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Tablespoon
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/230645

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
20.3 x 4.1 cm (8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscribed on handle end: BMW; Two incomplete stamps on back of handle, the same: L [?] or [ ] T?-- same mark as 1937.140

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Benjamin Wadsworth.
Mrs. Marjorie Gene Harkness.
Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Marjory Gane Harkness
Accession Year
1937
Object Number
1937.137
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
At base of handle, a seashell decoration. One of seven spoons once the property of Benjamin Wadsworth, A.B. 1690, the ninth president of Harvard,1725-1736/37. Handle made separately and attached.

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