Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Communion spoon
Object Number:
1926.6
Date:
1727-1760
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in. ( 12.7 x 3.5 x 1 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on the front of the bowl coin: "GEORGIUS * II * DEI * GRATIA * LIMA" in roman letters
stamped: on the underside of the bowl coin: an Avellan cross surounded by the four crests of Great Britian, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, each surmount
Description:
Silver communion spoon made of two English coins from the reign of George II and James II, between a twisted stem; bowl coin with a wreathed bust of George surrounded by the inscription, "GEORGIUS * II * DEI * GRATIA * LIMA" on the front and an Avellan cross surounded by the four crests of Great Britian, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, each surmounted by a crown and surounded by the inscription, "FTLD * SRI * ATETE J7 45 * MBFET * HREXFD" in roman letters; handle coin with a wreathed bust of James II surrounded by the inscription, "JACOBUS II * DEI * GRATIA" on the front and crowned "II" surrounded by the inscription, "80 MAG *BR * FRA * ET * HIB * REX * 16" in roman letters.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor this spoon was used before the American Revolution.
Credit Line:
Gift of M. F. Savage
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
