Collection Highlights
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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Souvenir spoon
Object Number:
1949.213
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 1 x 5/8 in. ( 11.7 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm )
Marks:
in relief: inside bowl: "CITADEL & / DUFFERIN TERRACE"
in relief: on handle finial, obverse side: "NATURA FORTIS INDUSTRIA CRESCIT" and "CONDITA . . . / . . ."
stamped: on handle finial, reverse side: "G. SEIFERT / STERLING"
Description:
Cast silver souvenir spoon with cityscape and inscription, "CITADEL & DUFFERIN TERRACE," on inside of bowl; disk-shaped handle finial with female allegorical figure seated in landscape and surrounding inscriptions; stamped maker's(?) mark on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Thomas O. Mabbott
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
