Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salt spoon
Object Number:
1937.204
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 1 in. ( 10.8 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "DSW" in bright-cut script
engraved: on the underside of the handle: "LS" in script
stamped: on the underside of the handle: "N" "H" each in a square
Description:
silver salt spoon with a downturned fiddle handle engraved, "DSW" in bright-cut script, cahmfered shoulders and a horizontal elliptical bowl; maker's mark stamped on the underside of the handle.
Gallery Label:
This salt spoon descended to the donor through Jonathan Dayton Williamson and Louise Schermerhorn.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
